Design of an automated solar concentrator for the pyrolysis of scrap rubber

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-125

  Zeaiter, Joseph ^a   Ahmad, Mohammad N ^a   Rooney, David ^b   Samneh, Bechara ^a   Shammas, Elie ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Solar energy; Tire pyrolysis; Waste conversion to fuel

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CATALYSTS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GASOLINE; NAPHTHALENE; RUBBER; SOLAR ENERGY; TIRES; WHEELS;

AZIMUTH AND ZENITH ANGLES; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; ENERGY CONCENTRATION; SCRAP RUBBER TIRES; SUN TRACKING SYSTEMS; TIRE PYROLYSIS; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM; WASTE CONVERSION;

GASES;

EID: 84930935682     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.05.019     Document Type: Article

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