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Scrap tire pyrolysis as a potential strategy for waste management pathway: a review

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Received 26 Dec 2019, Accepted 16 Mar 2020, Published online: 27 Mar 2020
 

ABSTRACT

Currently, the rapid rise of population and industrialization has resulted in a release of a large amount of solid waste into the environment and a huge consumption of energy. Therefore, solving these two urgent problems relating to the environment and energy simultaneously needs paying much attention to. Among the solid waste sources, the scrap tire (ST) is considered as the most common in the world, the recovery and utilization of this ST source for the purpose of energy production should be thus believed as a good initiative because this advanced solution has a significant contribution to the partial reduction of the energy crisis and environmental pollution. The scrap tire pyrolysis (STP) technology is known as an effective solution for decomposing rubber materials at high temperatures without the involvement of oxygen. This article focuses on an overview of the pyrolysis technology to produce STP-based products such as gas, char, and liquid fraction. The STP-based products are analyzed and assessed to clarify their valuable properties and to use these products for various applications. As a result, gas fraction with 29.9–42.1 MJ/m3 of calorific value could be used for commercial purpose, while the char fraction is suggested as a potential composition for active carbon production due to carbon fraction higher than 80%. The physicochemical properties of liquid such as approximately 1.5 for H/C ratio and around 40 MJ/kg of calorific value are demonstrated to be suitable and potential fuels for the areas of the industry, the construction, and for diesel engines.

Nomenclature

BTZ=

Benzothiazole

BP=

Boiling point

CB=

Carbon black

CO=

Carbon monoxide

CO2=

Carbon dioxide

CV=

Calorific value

DBT=

Dibenzothiophene

DBTs=

Dibenzothiophenes

FB=

Fixed bed

FLB=

Fluidized bed

HC=

Unburned hydrocarbon

NOX=

Nitrogen oxide

NR=

Natural rubber

PAH=

Polyaromatic hydrocarbon

PM=

Particulate matter

PR=

Pyrolysis reactor

RK=

Rotary kiln

SOX=

Sulfur oxide

SR=

Synthetic rubber

ST=

Scrap tires

STP=

Scrap tire pyrolysis

VM=

Volatile matter

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