Recycling of automobile shredder residue with a microwave pyrolysis combined with high temperature steam gasification

Microwave Heating Applied to Pyrolysis

“…Therefore, due to the complexity and diversification in chemical composition and material structure of ASR most authors (Nourreddine, 2007) would consider handling ASR via thermal treatment methods and by minimizing mechanical recycling. Donaj et al (2010) have developed a novel and holistic approach to ASR waste management and other similar multi-component waste mixtures (electronic and electric wastes, cable residues, household appliances wastes, vehicle tires, construction and demolition waste, residues from oil refineries and petro-chemicals) based on combining both MP and the high temperature agent gasification (HTAG) process. This concept has been designed to maximize the conversion of organic contents of ASR into valuable products (carbon black, fuel gas and liquid), while preserving metals during each step of the process.…”

Microwave pyrolysis of straw bale and energy balance analysis

“…The residual products can be converted to the multi-target products by various routes. For instance, the raw pyrolysis gas can be converted to syngas on the carbonbased catalyst (char can be used directly) through reheating by microwave [26], while itself can be directly used as fuel; The char after activation can be used as activated carbon [27,28], which can also be converted to syngas by steam gasification [29,30]; syngas is an important chemical material, and a variety of chemical products can be obtained through the catalytic synthesis, which could be used directly as a fuel gas.…”

Small Scale Gasification of Biomass and Municipal Wastes for Heat and Electricity Production using HTAG Technology

“…The use of HTAG has been proposed for two-staged method of ASR treatment [11]. ASR was primarily treated by microwave pyrolysis and later the liquid and solid products become the feedstock for the high temperature gasification process.…”