Coprocessing of coal and waste rubber

Conference · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10138728

Farcasiu, M; Smith, C M ^[1]

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1. USDOE Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, PA (United States)

The disposal of used tires, the main source of waste rubber, is an important environmental problem. We describe a method to transform used rubber tires into useful liquid products by coprocessing them with coal. Carbon black, an important constituent in rubber tires, provides a good hydrocracking catalyst during coprocessing. Due to the presence of carbon black in the rubber tires, the yields of liquids obtained by coal-rubber tires coprocessing are superior to those that could be obtained by coprocessing rubber with coal in the absence of carbon black.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., TN (United States); USDOE Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, PA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76OR00033
• OSTI ID: 10138728
• Report Number(s): CONF-920444-23; ON: DE92011746
• Resource Relation: Conference: 203. American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting,San Francisco, CA (United States),5-10 Apr 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
RUBBERS
COPROCESSING
COAL
CARBON BLACK
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
TIRES
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
YIELDS
HEPTANE
SOLUBILITY
010405
HYDROGENATION AND LIQUEFACTION