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Oxidative Pyrolysis of Polystyrene into Styrene Monomers in an Autothermal Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactor

  1. Hui Sun,
  2. Corey Rosenthal,
  3. Prof. Lanny D. Schmidt*

Article first published online: 14 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200412

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ChemSusChem

ChemSusChem

Volume 5, Issue 10, pages 1883–1887, October 2012

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Sun, H., Rosenthal, C. and Schmidt, L. D. (2012), Oxidative Pyrolysis of Polystyrene into Styrene Monomers in an Autothermal Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactor. ChemSusChem, 5: 1883–1887. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201200412

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (USA), Fax: (+1) 612-626-7246

*Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (USA), Fax: (+1) 612-626-7246

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 OCT 2012
  2. Article first published online: 14 SEP 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 16 JUN 2012

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Keywords:

  • fixed-bed reactors;
  • heterogeneous catalysis;
  • pyrolysis;
  • polymers;
  • polystyrene
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Styrene monomer recovery: A selective stream of styrene from fast pyrolysis of polystyrene is obtained with an autothermal fixed-bed reactor containing noble-metal (Rh, Pt) catalysts. Autothermal fast pyrolysis of polystyrene is an efficient means of recovering monomers from waste polystyrene in a continuous, high-throughput process without external heating.

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