Recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) waste through methanolic pyrolysis in a microwave reactor

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 214-220

  Siddiqui, Mohammad Nahid ^a   Redhwi, Halim Hamid ^a   Achilias, Dimitris S ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Methanolic pyrolysis; Microwave irradiation; PET; Recycling

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHYLENE; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE GENERATION; PLASTIC RECYCLING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DIMETHYL TEREPHTHALATE; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; METHANOLIC PYROLYSIS; POLY (ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) WASTE; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY;

MICROWAVE IRRADIATION;

EID: 84868339804     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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