Valorisation of different waste plastics by pyrolysis and in-line catalytic steam reforming for hydrogen production

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 156, Issue , 2018, Pages 575-584

  Barbarias, Itsaso ^a   Lopez, Gartzen ^a   Artetxe, Maite ^a   Arregi, Aitor ^a   Bilbao, Javier ^a   Olazar, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coke; Conical spouted bed; Deactivation; Hydrogen; Plastic waste; Pyrolysis; Reforming

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYTIC REFORMING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COKE; ELASTOMERS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTIC RECYCLING; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; PYROLYSIS; REFORMING REACTIONS;

CATALYTIC STEAM REFORMING; CONICAL SPOUTED BED REACTOR; CONICAL SPOUTED BEDS; DEACTIVATION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; MICRO-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLASTIC WASTES; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 85035790488     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2017.11.048     Document Type: Article

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