Microwave-induced pyrolysis of waste truck tyres with carbonaceous susceptor for the production of diesel-like fuel

Influence of Specific Power on the Solid and Liquid Products Obtained in the Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis of End-of-Life Tires

“…The liquid fraction, as in the case of the mix samples, decreases with the specific power, going from 38.28 ± 0.96% (10 W/g) to 35.32 ± 0.53% (30 W/g), while the gaseous fraction increases from 22.27 ± 0.84% (10 W/g) to 27.66 ± 1.84% (30 W/g). Idris et al studied the microwave pyrolysis of truck tires and reported the maximum oil yield, 38.12%, at 500 • C [33].…”

“…Different reactor configurations for ELT pyrolysis, such as fixed bed [26,27], fluidized bed [28], auger [29], rotary kiln [30,31], and microwave [32] reactors, have been studied. The use of microwave technology in pyrolysis processes provides benefits with respect to conventional heating, such as the homogeneity of temperature in the irradiated sample, the high degree of temperature control, and the possibility of applying high amounts of energy over very short times and ease of implementation on an industrial scale [33][34][35]. Furthermore, the use of microwave technology in the ELT treatment is reported to improve the quality of the products and increase limonene concentration in oil [36,37].…”

Optimization studies of microwave-induced co-pyrolysis of empty fruit bunches/waste truck tire using response surface methodology

“…Pyrolysis oil was condensed by passing it through the cooling water of approximately 5 C supplied from a water bath chiller and collected in a flask. The ice bath was added with sodium chloride (NaCl) to efficiently condense the pyrolysis oil (Idris et al, 2018). The co-pyrolysis experiments were performed using 100 g of feedstock mixture with different ratios of EFB/TT (8e75%) and different weight loading of activated carbon (33e100 g).…”

“…For the baseline cases, the pyrolysis of TT and EFB were pyrolyzed individually using 100 g of raw material with 60 g of activated carbon, with the pyrolysis temperature fixed at 505 C. For each run of experiment, the reaction temperature was held constant for 60 min until the process completes. The actual microwave output power calibration used was approximately 695 W with an efficiency of 69.5% (Idris et al, 2018). The signal from the R-type thermocouple was monitored at realtime and logged using a data acquisition system.…”

Environmental pollution cost analyses of a compression ignition diesel engine fuelled with tire pyrolytic oil-diesel blends

“…The heating value of hydrodesulfurized TPO (44 MJ/kg) was the almost same with conventional diesel (45 MJ/kg) and gasoline (47 MJ/kg) fuels. Idris et al [4] produced TPO like neat diesel except lower flash point and calorific value (42.39 MJ/kg) at the optimal pyrolysis temperature of 500 C  with the micro-Ilkilic and Aydin [6] tested the performance of a diesel engine fuelled with TPO-diesel blends in terms of engine power, engine torque, brake specific fuel consumption, exhaust temperature and emission parameters. They reported that TPO-diesel blends can efficiently be used in diesel engines without any modifications.…”