Hydrocarbon and Ammonia Production from Catalytic Pyrolysis of Sewage Sludge with Acid Pretreatment

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1819-1826

  Liu, Guangyi ^a,c   Wright, Mark Mba ^d   Zhao, Qingliang ^a,b   Brown, Robert C ^c,d  

^a Harbin institute of technology   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid pretreatment; Catalytic pyrolysis; Hydrocarbon; HZSM 5; Nitrogen; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PYROLYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASHING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACID PRETREATMENT; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; H-ZSM-5; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; POTENTIAL RESOURCES; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

EID: 84960097687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00016     Document Type: Article

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