Experimental study of catalytic pyrolysis of polyethylene and polypropylene over USY zeolite and separation to gasoline and diesel-like fuels

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 127, Issue , 2017, Pages 31-37

  Kassargy, Chantal ^a,b   Awad, Sary ^a   Burnens, Gaetan ^a   Kahine, Khalil ^b   Tazerout, Mohand ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; Catalytic cracking; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Pyrolysis; USY Zeolite

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CATALYTIC CRACKING; DIESEL FUELS; DISTILLATION; GASOLINE; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; PYROLYSIS; ZEOLITES;

CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; DIESEL-LIKE FUEL; DISTILLATION CURVES; LIQUID PRODUCTS; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; THREE TEMPERATURE; USY ZEOLITES;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

EID: 85029424817     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2017.09.005     Document Type: Article

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