Catalytic and thermal depolymerization of low value post-consumer high density polyethylene plastic

Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 884-892

  Kunwar, Bidhya ^a   Moser, Bryan R ^b   Chandrasekaran, Sriraam R ^a   Rajagopalan, Nandakishore ^a   Sharma, Brajendra K ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Diesel; Gasoline; Pyrolysis; TGA; Ultra low sulfur diesel

Indexed keywords

BOILING POINT; CATALYSTS; CRUDE OIL; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DISTILLATION; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FUELS; GASOLINE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYETHYLENES; PYROLYSIS; SULFUR; ZEOLITES;

BOILING POINT DISTRIBUTION; DIESEL; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; PYROLYTIC CONVERSION; THERMAL DEPOLYMERIZATION; ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUELS; ULTRA-LOW SULFUR DIESEL; VACUUM GAS OIL FRACTIONS;

GAS OILS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DIESEL; DIESEL ENGINE; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HYDROCARBON; MARKET CONDITIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC; POLYMERIZATION; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 84974530637     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.06.024     Document Type: Article

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