International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 147879, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/147879
Research Article

Influence of Pyrolysis Parameters on the Performance of CMSM

1Laboratory of Process, Environment and Energy Engineering (LEPAE), Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
2Membrane Technology Group (MTG), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, 7500 Enschede, The Netherlands

Received 1 October 2008; Revised 29 January 2009; Accepted 11 March 2009

Academic Editor: Eugénio C. Ferreira

Copyright © 2009 Marta C. Campo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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