Pyrolysis-gasification of post-consumer municipal solid plastic waste for hydrogen production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 949-957

  Wu, Chunfei ^a   Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Gasification; Hydrogen; Plastic; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AL CATALYST; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; COKE FORMATION; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS YIELDS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFICATION TEMPERATURES; MASS BALANCE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLASTIC WASTES; POST-CONSUMER; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; REACTED CATALYSTS; SEM; STEAM PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED OXIDATION; TWO STAGE; WASTE PLASTIC; WATER INJECTION RATE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COKE; GAS GENERATORS; GAS PRODUCERS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID WASTES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WATER INJECTION;

PLASTICS;

EID: 74849086834     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.11.045     Document Type: Article

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