Liquid fuel from waste tires: novel refining, advanced characterization and utilization in engines with ethyl levulinate as an additive.

ABSTRACT: Pyrolysis is a promising thermochemical strategy to convert scrap tires into diesel-like fuels. Crude tire pyrolysis oil (CTPO) was produced in a 10 ton rotating autoclave reactor by thermal depolymerization of the tire polymers. In this work, the prior-reported straightforward and inexpensive strategy of upgrading CTPO using a combination of silica gel (as adsorbent) and petroleum ether (as the solvent) has been scaled up with minimal loss in mass of oil and improved physicochemical characteristics (e.g., lowered acid value, low sulfur content). The upgraded TPO (StTPO) was characterized extensively to better understand their chemical compositions, physicochemical properties, and combustion characteristics. StTPO was mixed with diesel in different volumetric proportions and the ble

SUBMITTER: Mohan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8695677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature