• Effect of Co-pyrolysis of Waste Tires and Waste Plastics on the Distribution of Pyrolysis Products

  • Cangang Zhang*, ** , Lihua Xu***, Xinglong Ma*, and Weiquan Chen*,†

  • *Dongying Vocational College of Science and Technology, No. 361, Yingbin Road, Guangrao County, Dongying City, Shandong Province, China, 257300, China
    **City University Malaysia ,Menara City U, No. 8, Jalan 51A/223, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    ***Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering, No. 473, Quannan West Street, Xindu District, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, China, 054000, China

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(6): 738-748

    Published online Nov 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.6.738
  • Received on Apr 1, 2025
  • Revised on Aug 9, 2025
  • Accepted on Aug 12, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Weiquan Chen

  • Dongying Vocational College of Science and Technology, No. 361, Yingbin Road, Guangrao County, Dongying City, Shandong Province, China, 257300, China

  • E-mail: chenweiquan@dykj.edu.cn