Pyrolysis of End-Of-Life Tires: Moving from a Pilot Prototype to a Semi-Industrial Plant Using Auger Technology.

This work, carried out within the framework of the BlackCycle project, demonstrates the robustness of an auger reactor for the pyrolysis of end-of-life tires (ELTs) to be considered within the seventh level of technology readiness (TRL-7). For this purpose, the resulting pyrolysis products are compared with those obtained from a pilot scale facility ranging within the fifth technology readiness level (TRL-5). Using the same type of ELTs, tire trucks (TTs), operating conditions used at the TRL-5 plant are attempted to mimic those expected at a semi-industrial plant: tailored temperature profile (450, 550, and 775 °C) and residence time for vapors (30 s) and solids (15 min).

On Fractioning the Tire Pyrolysis Oil in a Pilot-Scale Distillation Plant under Industrially Relevant Conditions.

Tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) is one of the most interesting products derived from the pyrolysis of end-of-life tires. Among others, it contains valuable chemicals, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX), as well as limonene. In order to recover these chemicals, a pilot-scale distillation plant has been designed, erected, and operated using TPO derived from an industrial-scale pyrolysis plant.

The role of temperature profile during the pyrolysis of end-of-life-tyres in an industrially relevant conditions auger plant.

Pyrolysis is a chemical recycling process of interest as a means to achieve a sustainable circular economy for end-of-life tyres (ELTs). In the pyrolysis process, ELTs are converted into tyre pyrolysis gas (TPG), tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO) and raw recovered carbon black (RRCB). This work investigates for the first time the effect of different temperature profiles by using a single-auger pyrolysis reactor in an industrially relevant scale (TRL-5).

Incorporating the recovered carbon black produced in an industrial-scale waste tire pyrolysis plant into a natural rubber formulation.

This paper presents the experimental results obtained after incorporating the recovered Carbon Black (rCB) produced in an industrial-scale waste tire pyrolysis plant into a Natural Rubber (NR) formulation. The purpose of this study is to increase the technical knowledge on the use of rCB as a sustainable raw material in the rubber industry. The rCB and virgin Carbon Black (vCB) (ref.

Waste tire valorization by intermediate pyrolysis using a continuous twin-auger reactor: Operational features.

Pyrolysis can be regarded as a roadmap towards a circular and sustainable economy for waste tires (WT). This work investigates the operational characteristics of a novel twin-auger reactor to transform WT by intermediate pyrolysis into tire pyrolysis oil (TPO), recovery carbon black (rCB), and tire pyrolysis gas (TPG). The influence of four operating parameters: reactor temperature (X), WT mass flow rate (X), solid residence time (X) and N volumetric flow rate (X), was assessed in order to maximize the TPO yield (Y), while keeping the rCB one (Y) as low as possible.

Pyrolysis kinetics of biomass wastes using isoconversional methods and the distributed activation energy model.

In this work, a thermogravimetric analyser was used to assess the pyrolysis kinetics of pineapple, orange and mango peel wastes and agro-industrial by-products, rice husk and pine wood. Five isoconversional methods (KAS, FWO, Starink, Vyazovkin and Friedman) and one model-fitting method (DAEM) accurately fitted the experimental data at three heating rates (5, 10 and 20 °C/min) between 10% and 90% conversion. These methods agree with the trends shown by the activation energy (E) distribution calculated, with fluctuations between 150 and 550 kJ/mol.

Carbon black recovery from waste tire pyrolysis by demineralization: Production and application in rubber compounding.

Pyrolysis offers the possibility to convert waste tires into liquid and gaseous fractions as well as a carbon-rich solid (CBp), which contains the original carbon black (CB) and the inorganic compounds used in tire manufacture. Whilst both liquid and gaseous fractions can be valorized without further processing, there is a general consensus that CBp needs to be improved before it can be considered a commercial product, seriously penalizing the pyrolysis process profitability. In this work, the CBp produced in a continuous pyrolysis process was demineralized (chemical leaching) with the aim of recovering the CB trapped into the CBp and thus, producing a standardized CB product for commercial purposes.

Demonstration of the waste tire pyrolysis process on pilot scale in a continuous auger reactor.

This work shows the technical feasibility for valorizing waste tires by pyrolysis using a pilot scale facility with a nominal capacity of 150 kWth. A continuous auger reactor was operated to perform thirteen independent experiments that conducted to the processing of more than 500 kg of shredded waste tires in 100 h of operation. The reaction temperature was 550°C and the pressure was 1 bar in all the runs.

Production of activated carbon by waste tire thermochemical degradation with CO2.

The thermochemical degradation of waste tires in a CO(2) atmosphere without previous treatment of devolatilization (pyrolysis) in order to obtain activated carbons with good textural properties such as surface area and porosity was studied. The operating variables studied were CO(2) flow rate (50 and 150 mL/min), temperature (800 and 900 degrees C) and reaction time (1, 1.5, 2, 2.