Thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of a mixture of plastics from small waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Waste Management

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 143-152

  Santella, Chiara ^a   Cafiero, Lorenzo ^a   De Angelis, Doina ^a   La Marca, Floriana ^b   Tuffi, Riccardo ^a   Vecchio Ciprioti, Stefano ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Plastic mixture; Pyrolysis; Small WEEE; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ELASTOMERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MIXTURES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PLASTICS; STYRENE; WASTE INCINERATION; ZEOLITES;

CATALYTIC CONDITIONS; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; PLASTIC MIXTURES; PROCESS CONDITION; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; SMALL WEEE; SYNTHETIC MIXTURES; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

PYROLYSIS;

ETHYLBENZENE; STYRENE; PLASTIC;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PLASTIC WASTE; PYROLYSIS; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL DEGRADATION; INCINERATION; PROCEDURES;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INCINERATION; PLASTICS; RECYCLING;

EID: 84966700354     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.05.005     Document Type: Article

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