Microwave-heated pyrolysis of waste automotive engine oil: Influence of operation parameters on the yield, composition, and fuel properties of pyrolysis oil

Fuel

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 327-339

  Lam, Su Shiung ^a,c   Russell, Alan D ^a   Lee, Chern Leing ^b   Chase, Howard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fuel; Microwave pyrolysis; Pyrolysis; Pyrolysis oil; Waste oil

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ENERGY CONTENT; FEED INJECTION; FEED-RATES; FUEL PROPERTIES; HEAT SOURCES; HEATING MODE; HEATING SOURCE; HIGH YIELD; HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCT; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; LOW LEVEL; MICROWAVE ENERGIES; MICROWAVE POWER; MICROWAVE PYROLYSIS; NET ENERGY; OIL PRODUCT; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PAH COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE ENERGIES; PYROLYSIS OIL; PYROLYSIS PROCESS; RECOVERED OIL; WASTE OIL;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL OILS; FUELS; GAS OILS; HEATING; LUBRICATING OILS; MAGNETRONS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SULFUR;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 80055038935     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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