• Characteristics of Waxy Oil from Waste High-Density Polyethylene via In-Situ Catalytic Pyrolysis

  • Joo-Hyeong Yoon , Jong-Su Kim, Hyeong-Jin Kim, and Soo-Hwa Jeong†

  • Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), 89 Yangdaegiro-gil, Ipjang-myeon, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si 31056, Korea

  • In-situ 방식 촉매 열분해를 통한 폐 HDPE으로부터의 Waxy Oil의 특성 연구

  • 윤주형 · 김종수 · 김형진 · 정수화†

  • 한국생산기술연구원 저탄소배출제어부문

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(5): 579-593

    Published online Sep 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.5.579
  • Received on Feb 7, 2025
  • Revised on Mar 25, 2025
  • Accepted on Apr 14, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Soo-Hwa Jeong

  • Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), 89 Yangdaegiro-gil, Ipjang-myeon, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si 31056, Korea

  • E-mail: pysoo80@kitech.re.kr