SCRAP TIRES: MATERIALS AND ENERGY SOURCE

WORN-OUT TIRES - APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION OF WHICH ARE DISCARDED IN A HAPHAZARD MANNER EACH YEAR - MAY ONE DAY BECOME A SECONDARY SOURCE OF ENERGY AND CHEMICAL RAW MATERIALS WHILE LOSING THEIR STATUS AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISPOSAL PROBLEM. BY SUBJECTING SHREDDED USED TIRES TO ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PROCESS USED IN COKING OF COAL FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY, RESEARCHERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF EXTRACTING VARIOUS CHEMICALS, LIQUID OILS, GAS, AND TARS FROM THE TIRES. ACCORDING TO PILOT PLANT OPERATIONAL DATA, THE TECHNIQUE IS CAPABLE OF RECOVERING IN A GAS OR LIQUID FORM, 40-60% OF THE TIRE MATERIALS FROM A PRODUCT WHICH PRESENTS, AT BEST, A TROUBLESOME SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROBLEM. THIS RESEARCH IS IN KEEPING WITH MOST MODERN THINKING ABOUT THE SOLID WASTE CRISIS, WHICH STRESSES RECLAMATION AND UPGRADING THE VALUE OF WASTE MATERIALS AS THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 3, No 2, P 119
• Publication Date: 1969-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society
  • ISSN: 0013-936X
  • EISSN: 1520-5851
  • Serial URL: http://pubs.acs.org/journal/esthag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical analysis; Chemicals; Energy; Gases; Land reclamation; Oils; Raw materials; Resource extraction; Scrap; Tar; Tires; Waste products (Materials)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Extraction (Chemistry)
• Old TRIS Terms: Reclamation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216806
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 1994 12:00AM