Analysis on the Pyrolysis Characteristics of Waste Plastics Using Plug Flow Reactor Model
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Sangkyu, Choi
(Department of Zero-carbon Fuel and Power Generation, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Yeonseok, Choi (Department of Zero-carbon Fuel and Power Generation, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials) Yeonwoo, Jeong (Department of Zero-carbon Fuel and Power Generation, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials) Soyoung, Han (Department of Zero-carbon Fuel and Power Generation, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials) Quynh Van, Nguyen (Department of Environment.Energy Machinery, University of Science and Technology) |
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