title: Oxidative pyrolysis of polystyrene into styrene monomers in an autothermal fixed-bed catalytic reactor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Corey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: Lanny D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D011137:Polystyrenes