Rubber tires are clean burning, superior fuel, ASME told

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7024458

A power plant in Modesto, Calif. has turned the cliche, burning rubber, into a formula for generating electricity from the incineration of discarded tires, according to a paper presented at the 13th National Waste Processing Conference and Exhibit, held on May 1-4, 1988, at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia. The tires can be a clean-burning fuel providing a heating value (approximately 14,650 Btu/lb.) superior to bituminous coal. In addition to producing energy, steel can be reclaimed from the incineration of steel belted radial tires and sold for scrap, and zinc can be smelted from fly ash collected by the plant's air pollution control equipment.

• OSTI ID: 7024458
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 38:7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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STEELS
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