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Title: Scrap tire recycling: Promising high value applications. Final report

Abstract

Surface modification of scrap tire rubber (rubber particles treated with chlorine gas) show promise for ameliorating the scrap tire problem (the treated rubber can be used as a component in high- performance, expensive polymer systems). The process has been proven in Phase I. Phase II covers market/applications, process development (Forberg-design mixer reactor was chosen), plant design, capital cost estimate, economics environmental/safety/health, and energy impact. Almost of the small amount of chlorine is consumed. The capital costs for a rubber particle treatment facility are attractive, being at least two orders of magnitude less than that of facilities for making new polymer materials. Large volume markets using treated rubber are needed. The amount of scrap rubber available is small compared to the polymers available for replacement. 7 tabs, 16 figs.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10133280
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/12695-T1
ON: DE94008166; BR: ED0102000/ED0113000
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-88ID12695
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; TIRES; RECYCLING; SCRAP; RUBBERS; SURFACE TREATMENTS; CHLORINATION; POLYMERS; MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION; PROGRESS REPORT; PARTICLES; MARKET; USES; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MIXERS; MATERIALS HANDLING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; 320305; 290500; 290201; INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION

Citation Formats

Bauman, B D, Leskovyansky, P J, and Drela, H. Scrap tire recycling: Promising high value applications. Final report. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10133280.
Bauman, B D, Leskovyansky, P J, & Drela, H. Scrap tire recycling: Promising high value applications. Final report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10133280
Bauman, B D, Leskovyansky, P J, and Drela, H. 1993. "Scrap tire recycling: Promising high value applications. Final report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10133280. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10133280.
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title = {Scrap tire recycling: Promising high value applications. Final report},
author = {Bauman, B D and Leskovyansky, P J and Drela, H},
abstractNote = {Surface modification of scrap tire rubber (rubber particles treated with chlorine gas) show promise for ameliorating the scrap tire problem (the treated rubber can be used as a component in high- performance, expensive polymer systems). The process has been proven in Phase I. Phase II covers market/applications, process development (Forberg-design mixer reactor was chosen), plant design, capital cost estimate, economics environmental/safety/health, and energy impact. Almost of the small amount of chlorine is consumed. The capital costs for a rubber particle treatment facility are attractive, being at least two orders of magnitude less than that of facilities for making new polymer materials. Large volume markets using treated rubber are needed. The amount of scrap rubber available is small compared to the polymers available for replacement. 7 tabs, 16 figs.},
doi = {10.2172/10133280},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10133280}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
}