Scrap tire reuse through surface-modification technology

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5945842

Bauman, B D

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is developing a novel approach for reusing scrap tire rubber. The process involves the combination of scrap tire rubber particles with other materials to form higher value and higher performance composites. The process begins by grinding scrap tire to a fine particle size, and removing steel and fabric. The key to this approach is a proprietary surface-modification step which is critical for enhancing the compatibility with and bonding to other continuous phase matrix materials. Of all approaches for scrap tire rubber reuse, this approach offers the potential to recover (or save) the greatest amount of energy. Furthermore, this is the only approach which is clearly economically viable with current pricing and without a scrap tire tax. The process is environmentally innocuous, and capital requirements for large scale processing plants are projected to be modest. 7 figs.

• Research Organization: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-88ID12695
• OSTI ID: 5945842
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-91033; CONF-910216--1; ON: DE91010057
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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