Rubber Tires Research Paper

ABSTRACT

Rubber tire is a very useful product that is mainly used in the automotive industry. However, the used rubber tires that are no longer useful for vehicles due to punctures or wear become a problematic waste. One way to reduce the waste rubber tire is by recycling the product using different methods. One of these methods is pyrolysis that allows the conversion of the waste tire rubber into valuable chemical products.

Pyrolysis is basically processes which use to observe the organic materials that have been exposed to a high temperature. Hence, this project will expose the characterization of the rubber tire to be a potential raw material using pyrolysis.

Chapter 1 will give a brief introduction on the background of the project. Besides,

According to R. Helleur et al. [1] Europe, USA and Japan generate more than 5x106 tonnes of waste tires per year. They also added that the proportional USA and Canada dispose waste tires on a ratio of one tire per person per year. There is also a rapid expansion of automotive industries in the South East Asia which leads to an increase in the disposal of waste tires. This rapid increase in the accumulation of tires all over the world has led to disposed becoming a potential hazardous

Minimizing the experimental uncertainties, ii. Continuously assessing the kinetic over an entire temperature range

Tire pyrolysis is mainly depending on the composition of the tire and the bonding exists between the polymers which makes the tire resistant to change. Therefore, this factor will influence the thermal degradation and operating condition of the pyrolysis process.

There as several parameters that would affect the rate and products of pyrolysis. A. Alsaleh et al [5] have outlined the parameter such as temperature, which plays an important role in pyrolysis as it effect the distribution of gas, liquid and solid phase. Other important parameters include heating rate, feedstock composition and particle size. Heating rate affect mainly on the degradation rate as well as the maximum volatilization of the material. The particle size affects the end products of the pyrolysis to ensure a uniform heating throughout the particles and achieve a complete converted desirable products.

S. M. Guilermo et al. [4] mention that the amount and specific characteristics of the fractions may vary depending on the process condition temperature and reaction time. The components such as pyrolytic oils, a mixture of paraffin, olefins, and aromatic compounds can be used directly as a fuel or can be added to a petroleum refinery