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The process generally requires an external heat source to maintain the temperature required and to avoid the introduction of air. There are a range of different types of approach, often aligned to the waste being processed, and include fixed bed reactors, batch or semi-batch reactors, rotary kilns, fluidized bed reactors, microwave assisted reactors and some innovative solutions like plasma or solar reactors <ref> Czajczyńska et al, 2017. Potential of pyrolysis processes in the waste management sector. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, [online] 3, pp.171-197.  </ref>.
The process generally requires an external heat source to maintain the temperature required and to avoid the introduction of air. There are a range of different types of approach, often aligned to the waste being processed, and include fixed bed reactors, batch or semi-batch reactors, rotary kilns, fluidized bed reactors, microwave assisted reactors and some innovative solutions like plasma or solar reactors <ref> Czajczyńska et al, 2017. Potential of pyrolysis processes in the waste management sector. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, [online] 3, pp.171-197.  </ref>.


Typically, lower temperatures of between 300C to 850C are used during Pyrolysis of materials such as [[MSW]]. Pyrolysis processes tend to prefer consistent feedstocks and there is a limited track record of commercial scale Pyrolysis plant accepting [[MSW]] but a better track record of, for example, Pyrolysis of [[Biomass]] <ref> Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), 2013. Advanced Thermal Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste. London. Available [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221035/pb13888-thermal-treatment-waste.pdf here] </ref>.
Typically, lower temperatures of between 300C to 850C are used during Pyrolysis of materials such as [[MSW]]. Pyrolysis processes tend to prefer consistent feedstocks and there is a limited track record of commercial scale Pyrolysis plant accepting [[MSW]] but a better track record of, for example, Pyrolysis of [[Biomass]] <ref> Defra, 2013. [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221035/pb13888-thermal-treatment-waste.pdf Advanced Thermal Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste.] London. </ref>.


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