Plastic waste to liquid oil through catalytic pyrolysis using natural and synthetic zeolite catalysts

Waste Management

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 66-78

  Miandad, R ^a   Barakat, M A ^a,b   Rehan, M ^a   Aburiazaiza, A S ^a   Ismail, I M I ^a   Nizami, A S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel; Catalyst; Liquid oil; Natural zeolite; Plastic waste; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATALYSTS; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; NAPHTHALENE; POLYPROPYLENES; PYROLYSIS; STYRENE; ZEOLITES;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; HIGH HEATING VALUES; LIQUID OIL; NATURAL ZEOLITES; PILOT-SCALE REACTORS; PLASTIC WASTES; SYNTHETIC ZEOLITES;

LIQUIDS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; ALKENE; ALUMINUM; AROMATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AZULENE; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; IRON; LIQUID OIL; NAPHTHALENE; OIL; OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; STYRENE; SULFUR; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE; FUEL OIL; HYDROCARBON; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; LIQUID; OIL; PLASTIC WASTE; PYROLYSIS; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PLASTIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; PYROLYSIS REACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING;

FUEL OILS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENES; RECYCLING; WASTE PRODUCTS; ZEOLITES;

EID: 85028659405     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.08.032     Document Type: Article

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