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Setting Up A Tire To Fuel Plant With Pyrolysis Technology

Pyrolysis technology can be used to convert many types of waste materials, like plastics, rubber, and scrap tires, into profitable fuels. With a tyre pyrolysis plant, used tires can be converted into tire oil, carbon black, steel wire and combustible gases. What’s more, the tire oil can be refined into gasoline or diesel fuel using a distillation machine. This means it is possible to set up a very lucrative tyre to oil plant by investing in the right industrial machinery.

Tyre to Oil Plant in the UK
Tyre to Oil Plant in the UK

In a tire pyrolysis plant, shredded tires are transferred into a reaction chamber using a conveyor belt system. The reaction chamber is then sealed and all of the oxygen is extracted. Next, the reactor is heated to high temperatures (200 to 450 degrees Celcius), which causes the breakdown of large molecules and vaporization of oils of varying viscosities. It is essential that the reactor chamber is free from oxygen so that the waste rubber vaporizes as opposed to burning and producing toxic smoke. The vaporized oil is then converted into liquid form using water-cooled condensing pipes. The liquid oil is then fed into storage tanks awaiting distribution or further processing. Here is a video showing the working process of waste tyre pyrolysis plant.

The combustible gases that are produced during pyrolysis are typically used to refuel the reactor furnace to make a waste tire to oil plant more energy efficient. All of the carbon black and steel wire found in used tire remains unaffected by the pyrolysis process. In a lot of cases, the steel wire is removed from tires before they enter the reactor chamber as removal of steel wire can prolong the lifespan of a reactor. The steel wire can be sold directly to steel factories. The waste metal is valuable since it can be easily smelted down to create new steel products, such as steel beams for the construction industry. More about the tire recycling business profit analysis can be found: https://bestonasia.com/tire-recycling-business-profit/.

A typical road tire can contain as much as 35%-50% fuel oil, which means one ton of waste tires can contain more than 350 kg of fuel oil. Perhaps now it is easier for you to picture the profits that can be generated from a waste tyre recycling plant. One ton of tires also contains approximately 300kg of carbon black and 120kg of steel wire. While the fuel oil collected from pyrolysis can be sold in its raw state to industries that can utilize heavy fuel oils, the liquid becomes more lucrative when it is converted into diesel oil or gasoline via refinement processes. You will find that many tire pyrolysis recycling facilities also have distillation machines on-site to convert tire oil into gasoline and diesel oil.

Tire Pyrolysis Machine to South Africa
Tire Pyrolysis Machine to South Africa

If you are looking for more information on how to start a waste rubber pyrolysis plant and start generating large profits in the green tire recycling industry, be sure to check out some of the case studies featured on leading tire to oil machine manufacturers’ websites. Furthermore, you might want to check out some of the many detailed YouTube videos explaining all the components and processes in a waste rubber pyrolysis plant.