Development of fluidized-bed pyrolysis of waste tires

The problem of waste tire disposal has become critical in all industrialized nations and will worsen in the future. A fluidized-bed process has been developed to treat these waste tires, wherein the tires were mostly pyrolyzed by the heat of oxidation of the tires themselves. Experiments using both tire chips and whole tires are described. All the products, such as oil, char and gas, were found to be capable of reutilization as important resources.