Envisioning a BHET Economy: Adding Value to PET Waste

CC Westover, TE Long - Sustainable Chemistry, 2023 - mdpi.com
Poly (ethylene terephthalate), the fifth most produced polymer, generates significant waste
annually. This increased waste production has spurred interest in chemical and mechanical …

Recycling of polyethylene terephthalate

M Forrest - 2016 - books.google.com
The environmental and economic need to increase recycling rates is a principal driving force
behind technological innovation in the 21st century. Post-consumer polyethylene …

Chemical transformation of pet waste through glycolysis

MY Abdelaal, TR Sobahi, MSI Makki - Construction and Building Materials, 2011 - Elsevier
PET bottle grade material makes up a significant portion of the feedstock in plastics
recycling. Theoretically, there are many end users however there are few applications for …

Effect of the modified silica nanofiller on the mechanical properties of unsaturated polyester resins based on recycled polyethylene terephthalate

JD Rusmirović, T Radoman, ES Džunuzović… - Polymer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Unsaturated polyester resin (UPe)‐based nanocomposites and fumed silica Aerosil R812S,
R805 and R816, and R200 modified with phenyl terminal group, R200NPh, were prepared …

[HTML][HTML] Natamycin and nisin to improve shelf life and minimize benzene generation in lemon soft drinks

J Garavaglia, LMN PINTO, D SOUZA… - Food Science and …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Benzoic acids preservatives may be converted to benzene in soft drinks. The use of
alternative antimicrobial compounds, specifically nisin and natamycin, would reduce …

Salt rejection and water flux through a tubular pervaporative polymer membrane designed for irrigation applications

M Sule, J Jiang, M Templeton, E Huth… - Environmental …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The performance of a hydrophilic polyester tubular pervaporative membrane in treating high-
salinity water for irrigation was investigated. The membrane was filled with contaminated …

[PDF][PDF] T-shaped Z-source inverter

SP Kumar, P Shailaja - Int. J. Eng. Res. Technol, 2012 - academia.edu
This paper extends the impedance source (Z-source) inverters concept to the T-Shaped Z-
source inverters in PV solar panels. The availability, utility and cost is implemented best …

Synthesis and characterization of a pH-responsive poly (ethylene glycol)-based hydrogel: acid degradation, equilibrium swelling, and absorption kinetic …

ET Tenório-Neto, MR Guilherme… - Colloid and Polymer …, 2015 - Springer
We developed a pH-responsive, hydrogel based on poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) covalently
cross-linked with acrylic acid and N′, N′-dimethylacrylamide along with acid-labile …

Effect of the vinyl modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the performances of waste poly (ethylene terephthalate)-based nanocomposites

A Tasić, JD Rusmirović, J Nikolić… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Production of high-performance nanocomposite materials obtained from unsaturated
polyester resin, based on products of the waste poly (ethylene terephthalate) recycling, and …

Improving water selectivity of poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA)–Fumed silica (FS) nanocomposite membranes by grafting of poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)(PHEMA) on …

S Khoonsap, N Supanchaiyamat, AJ Hunt… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanocomposite membranes were prepared by incorporation of PHEMA-grafted FS particles
with PVA membrane. The grafted-PHEMA promoted a dispersion of FS particles within PVA …