Pyrolytic gasification of post-consumer polyolefins to allow for "clean" premixed combustion

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4859-4868

  Soheilian, Rasam ^a   Davies, Andrew ^a   Talebi Anaraki, Saber ^a   Zhuo, Chuanwei ^a   Levendis, Yiannis A ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION REACTIONS; DIFFUSION FLAME; GASEOUS FUEL MIXTURES; GASEOUS HYDROCARBON; PELLETIZED FORM; POST CONSUMER WASTES; PREMIXED COMBUSTION; SOLID POLYMERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENTS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GASIFICATION; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PYROLYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84882356920     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef4008592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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