Plastic catalytic pyrolysis to fuels as tertiary polymer recycling method: Effect of process conditions

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 908-915

  Gulab, Hussain ^a   Jan, Muhammad Rasul ^a   Shah, Jasmin ^a   Manos, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuel; Hydrocarbons; Polymer; Pyrolysis; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LOSS; BATCH OPERATION; BOILING POINT DISTRIBUTION; CARRIER GAS; CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENTS; HIGH CONVERSIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-FLOW RATE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HIGHER YIELD; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LIQUID PRODUCTS; LIQUID YIELD; MASS RATIO; POLYMER RECYCLING; PROCESS CONDITION; REACTOR TEMPERATURES; SPECIFIC TIME; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; ZEOLITE CATALYST;

BOILING POINT; CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; PYROLYSIS; ZEOLITES;

LIQUIDS;

FUEL; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; ZEOLITE; NITROGEN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CATALYST; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PYROLYSIS; REACTION TIME; RECYCLING; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TEMPERATURE;

CATALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NITROGEN; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE; ZEOLITES;

EID: 77954694201     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934521003709206     Document Type: Article

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