Title: Fuel properties of pyrolytic tyre oil and its blends with diesel fuel - towards waste management

Authors: M.Z.H. Khan; Md. Ikram Hossain; Pobitra Kumar Halder; Md. Rafiul Hasan; Md. Rashid Al-Mamun

Addresses: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore 7408, Bangladesh ' Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore 7408, Bangladesh ' Dept. of Industrial and Production Engineering, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore 7408, Bangladesh ' Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore 7408, Bangladesh ' Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore 7408, Bangladesh

Abstract: The non-biodegradable nature of scrap tyres makes it not suitable for landfills. In this study thermal pyrolysis of waste tyre samples was carried out in a semi batch reactor made up of stainless steel in our own laboratory. The physiochemical properties of tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO) had been studied by different analysis. The oil samples obtained from waste tyre is distilled and then mixing with common diesel oil were analysed according to their fuel properties, elemental analysis and functional groups presents. The products from the tyre pyrolysis are (33-39) wt. % char, (34-42) wt. % oil, and except are uncondensed gases. Almost 44.5% TPO can be distilled as fuel oil. The comparative study of physiochemical properties and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis of distilled tyre pyrolysis oil (DTPO) and diesel oil is also present in this paper. The blended oil (50% DTPO+ 50% diesel) shows almost similar properties with conventional diesel oil except flash point and fire point.

Keywords: used tyres; thermal pyrolysis; tyre pyrolysis; alternative fuel; blended oil; FTIR analysis; fuel properties; pyrolytic tyre oil; diesel fuel; waste management; waste tyres; scrap tyres; flash point; fire point.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2016.081835

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2016 Vol.18 No.4, pp.335 - 348

Received: 29 Oct 2015
Accepted: 22 Aug 2016
Published online: 27 Jan 2017 *

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