A review of waste tyre gasification
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Conventional and potentially hydrothermal gasification is commonly employed to generate hydrogen-rich syngas from waste tires, with co-products typically including solid char or slag and potentially liquid tars or oils.
“Gasification, in its conventional forms (such as fixed-bed, fluidized-bed, or plasmaassisted) and potentially hydrothermal variations, is commonly employed to generate hydrogen-rich syngas from waste tires, with co-products typically including a solid char or slag and potentially some liquid tars or oils [364,365].”
From Biofuels, E-Fuels, and Waste-Derived Fuels: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions (2025) · cites this paper as [364]
Conventional gasification typically operates below 1200°C and produces solid char, whereas plasma gasification uses plasma torches to achieve much higher temperatures (often >2000°C and up to 14,000°C in the plasma jet) and produces vitrified inert slag.
“Conventional gasification technologies typically generate heat for organic fraction decomposition through partial combustion or indirect heating at temperatures generally below 1200 • C, producing a solid char by-product, whereas plasma gasification utilizes electrically generated plasma torches to achieve much higher temperatures (often exceeding 2000 • C and up to 14,000 • C in the plasma jet”
From Biofuels, E-Fuels, and Waste-Derived Fuels: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions (2025) · cites this paper as [364]
During primary tire gasification, shredded tire undergoes rapid heating and devolatilization, decomposing organic constituents into volatile gases, liquid tars, and solid carbonaceous char.
“During the primary reaction stage of tire gasification, the shredded tire material undergoes rapid heating and devolatilization, leading to the thermal decomposition of its organic constituents into volatile gases, liquid tars, and a solid carbonaceous char [364].”
From Biofuels, E-Fuels, and Waste-Derived Fuels: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions (2025) · cites this paper as [364]
Gasification studies generally indicate that increasing temperature tends to increase syngas yield and decrease char yield, though optimal conditions and precise yields vary with reactor type and parameters.
“gasification studies generally indicate that increasing temperature tends to increase syngas yield and decrease char yield, though optimal conditions and precise yields vary with reactor type and other parameters [364].”
From Biofuels, E-Fuels, and Waste-Derived Fuels: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions (2025) · cites this paper as [364]
The two principal technological approaches to waste tire gasification are conventional thermal gasification (fixed beds, fluidized beds, entrained flow) and plasma gasification.
“The two principal technological approaches to waste tire gasification are conventional thermal gasification, which includes various reactor designs like fixed beds, fluidized beds, and entrained flow systems, and plasma gasification, which utilizes extremely high temperatures generated by plasma torches [364,370].”
From Biofuels, E-Fuels, and Waste-Derived Fuels: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions (2025) · cites this paper as [364]
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- Authors
- Oboirien, B. O., & North, B. C.
- Affiliations
- Tshwane University of Technology (ZA)
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Oboirien, B.O.
- Venue
- Journal of environmental chemical engineering
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 5169-5178
- ISSN
- 2213-2929 (ISSN-L)
- 2213-3437
- OpenAlex
- W2757699579
- Cited by
- 133
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 5.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of environmental chemical engineering (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Mining and Gasification Technologies
- Keywords
- syngas production, hydrogen production, carbon nanotubes, activated carbon, methanol synthesis, catalyst deactivation, reaction kinetics, techno-economic analysis
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