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Numerical model for the vacuum pyrolysis of scrap tires in batch reactors
Author(s) -
Yang Jin,
Tanguy Philippe A.,
Roy Christian
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690410614
Subject(s) - scrap , pyrolysis , materials science , volatilisation , batch reactor , thermal conduction , raw material , decomposition , chemical engineering , nuclear engineering , waste management , composite material , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , engineering , catalysis
A quantitative model for scrap tire pyrolysis in a batch scale reactor developed comprises the following basic phenomena: conduction inside tire particles; conduction, convection, and radiation between the feedstock particles or between the fluids and the particles; tire pyrolysis reaction; exothermicity and endothermicity caused by tire decomposition and volatilization; and the variation of the composition and the thermal properties of tire particles. This model was used to predict the transient temperature and density distributions in the bed of particles, the volatile product evolution rate, the mass change, the energy consumption during the pyrolysis process, and the pressure histoiy in a tire pyrolysis reactor with a load of 1 kg. The model predictions agree well with independent experimental data.