Jet fuel production from waste plastics via catalytic pyrolysis with activated carbons

Applied Energy

Volumn 251, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Zhang, Yayun ^a,b   Duan, Dengle ^b   Lei, Hanwu ^b   Villota, Elmar ^b   Ruan, Roger ^c  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbons; Catalytic pyrolysis; Hydrogen gas; Jet fuel; Waste plastics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELASTOMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN FUELS; JET FUEL; PARAFFINS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTIC RECYCLING; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER; HYDROGEN GAS; REACTION CONDITIONS; WASTE PLASTIC;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUEL; HYDROGEN; PLASTIC; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 85065763465     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113337     Document Type: Article

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