Enhanced styrene recovery from waste polystyrene pyrolysis using response surface methodology coupled with Box-Behnken design

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 763-769

  Mo, Yu ^a,b,c   Zhao, Lei ^a,b   Wang, Zhonghui ^a,b   Chen, Chia Lung ^a   Tan, Giin Yu Amy ^a,b   Wang, Jing Yuan ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Box Behnken design; Polystyrene waste; Pyrolysis; Response surface methodology; Styrene

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; GASES; HEATING; HEATING RATE; POLYNOMIALS; POLYSTYRENES; PYROLYSIS; RECOVERY; STYRENE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN; CARRIER GAS FLOW RATES; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; POLYSTYRENE WASTE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS; STYRENE PRODUCTION;

FLOW OF GASES;

POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS; RECOVERY; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BOX BEHNKEN DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GAS FLOW; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTOR; RECYCLING; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STATISTICS;

HOT TEMPERATURE; POLYSTYRENES; RECYCLING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STYRENE;

EID: 84900641138     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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