MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF WASTE TIRES

SANA KORDOGHLI(1,2), MARIA PARASCHIV(3,4), RADU KUNCSER(5), MOHAND TAZEROUT(1), MALINA PRISECARU(6), FETHI ZAGROUBA(7), IONUT GEORGESCU(5)

1. Ecole des Mines de Nantes, 4, Rue Alfred Kastler, 44300, Nantes, CEDEX 3 France
2. Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Avenue Ibn EL Jazzar, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia
3. National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, 296 Splaiul Indepdentei, 060031 Bucharest, Romania
4. Research Centre for Advanced Materials, Products and Processes, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
5. Global Innovation Solution, Department of Waste Management, 18 Paris Street, 011816 Bucharest, Romania
6. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
7. Institut Supérieur des Sciences et Technologies de l'Environnement de Borj Cédria, Hammam Lif, Tunisia

Abstract

This paper presents an experimental approach on understanding and managing the environmental hazards of co-products resulted during energy recovery processes applied on scrap tires. As tire combustion faces serious problems related to harmful emissions, pyrolysis appear as a process that allow the management of toxic compounds. Thus, for the reactions that occur during pyrolysis and combustion of tires organic matters the main intensive degradation thermal ranges have been established. The work was carried out by coupling thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of tire samples with bench scale reactor in order to identify the relationships between thermochemical behaviour and products distribution.

Keywords

energy recovery tire wastes pyrolysis TGA