• Pyrolysis of Waste Tires in a Fixed Bed Reactor: Influence of Additive on Sulfur Content in Pyrolysis Oil

  • Su-Hyeon Choi*, ** , Jong-Su Kim*, Hyung-Jin Kim*, Chang-Yong Kim***, Yong-Tae Joo***, Myung-Won Seo**, and Soo-Hwa Jeong*,†

  • *Low-Carbon Emission Control R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology,
    89 Yangdaegiro-gil, Ipjang-myeon, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do 31056, Korea
    **Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, 163 University of Seoul, Seoulsiripdaero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02504, Korea
    ***Sustainable Materials Research Team, Hyundai Motor Company 37, Cheoldobangmulgwan-ro, Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do 16082, Korea

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(4): 435-443

    Published online Jul 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.4.435
  • Received on Dec 10, 2024
  • Revised on Jan 23, 2025
  • Accepted on Mar 5, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Soo-Hwa Jeong

  • Low-Carbon Emission Control R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology,
    89 Yangdaegiro-gil, Ipjang-myeon, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do 31056, Korea

  • E-mail: pysoo80@kitech.re.kr