Plastics to fuel: a review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 421-428

  Kunwar, Bidhya ^a   Cheng, H N ^b   Chandrashekaran, Sriram R ^a   Sharma, Brajendra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic conversion; Co pyrolysis; Diesel; Gasoline; Plastic waste; Plastics pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ELASTOMERS; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; PLASTICS; PYROLYSIS;

CATALYTIC CONVERSION; CATALYTIC PROCESS; COPYROLYSIS; DIESEL; ENERGY; PLASTIC PYROLYSIS; PLASTICS WASTE; THERMAL DEGRADATION'; THERMAL PROCESS; ]+ CATALYST;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84946429548     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.015     Document Type: Review

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