Grantee Research Project Results

1998 Progress Report: The Manufacture of Carbon Black From Oils Derived From Scrap Tires

EPA Contract Number: 68D99080
Title: The Manufacture of Carbon Black From Oils Derived From Scrap Tires
Investigators: Wojtowicz, Marek
Small Business: Advanced Fuel Research Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: II
Project Period: September 1, 1999 through September 1, 2001
Project Period Covered by this Report: September 1, 1997 through September 1, 1998
Project Amount: $224,966
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (1999) Recipients Lists
Research Category: Hazardous Waste/Remediation , SBIR - Waste , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

Description:

This SBIR Phase I project addresses the question of reprocessing oils derived from waste-tire pyrolysis into carbon black, which is a valuable feedstock for the tire manufacturing industry. Such a process would form a recycling loop for carbon black recovered from the waste tires. Landfilling of 280 million tires generated each year in the United States is becoming an increasingly unacceptable solution. Tire pyrolysis plants have been in operation for years, but the economics of their operation are poor. This is mainly due to the low value of the end products, which are usually fuels (oil, pyrolysis gas, char). Reprocessing of waste tires into value-added products would certainly improve the economic leverage. The overall objective of the proposed project is to develop a process for producing carbon black from scrap-tire pyrolysis oil. The product must meet the quality standards used in the tire manufacturing industry to allow the reuse of the recovered material. The objective of the Phase I project is to demonstrate the feasibility of making carbon black of acceptable quality. This objective will be accomplished in the following tasks: (1) preparation of tire-pyrolysis oils, (2) synthesis of carbon black, and (3) product analysis and process assessment.

Supplemental Keywords:

small business, SBIR, hazardous/solid waste, recycling, engineering, chemistry, EPA., Sustainable Industry/Business, RFA, Scientific Discipline, Waste, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Sustainable Environment, Municipal, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, municipal waste, rubber tire pyrolysis, tire pyrolysis, tire recycling, pyrolysis, activated carbon, scrap tires, reusable oil, rubber tire, carbon black

Progress and Final Reports:

Original Abstract

Final Report

SBIR Phase I:

The Manufacture of Carbon Black from Oils Derived from Scrap Tires  | 1999 Progress Report  | Final Report