Pyrolysis and catalytic pyrolysis as a recycling method of waste CDs originating from polycarbonate and HIPS

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2487-2493

  Antonakou, E V ^a   Kalogiannis, K G ^b   Stephanidis, S D ^b   Triantafyllidis, K S ^a,b   Lappas, A A ^b   Achilias, D S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

Author keywords

Compact discs; Monomers; Pyrolysis; Waste electrical and electronic equipment

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPACT DISKS; MAGNESIA; MONOMERS; OXIDE MINERALS; POLYCARBONATES; RECYCLING; ZEOLITES;

BENCH SCALE REACTOR; CATALYTIC MATERIALS; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE; RECYCLING METHODS; RECYCLING PROCESS; VALUABLE CHEMICALS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

PYROLYSIS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MONOMER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; ZEOLITE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CATALYST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPACT DISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PROCEDURES;

COMPACT DISKS; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; POLYSTYRENES; RECYCLING;

EID: 84910667304     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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