Effect of growth temperature and feedstock:catalyst ratio on the production of carbon nanotubes and hydrogen from the pyrolysis of waste plastics

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 231-238

  Acomb, Jonathan C ^a   Wu, Chunfei ^a,b   Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalyst; Hydrogen; Plastics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; DEPOSITION; ELASTOMERS; FEEDSTOCKS; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; NANOCATALYSTS; PLASTIC RECYCLING; PLASTICS; PYROLYSIS; YARN;

ALUMINA CATALYSTS; CARBON DEPOSITION; CATALYST RATIOS; CATALYST TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN GAS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LDPE); PYROLYSIS PROCESS; WASTE PLASTIC;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84930766633     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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