Characterization study of liquid fuel produced from pyrolysis of waste tyres using different catalysts

Abstract

Environmental issues and economical requirements make scientists and researchers for recycling and reuse the waste material such as waste. Pyrolysis is considered an effective method to treat of waste tyres which produce gas, liquid and solid materials. The objective of this research is to prepare the liquid phase from pyrolysis of waste tyres with or without using catalyst and examine the composition of hydrocarbon fraction that have boiling point less than 240°C by GC/FID technique and FTIR spectroscopy. Results showed that the pyrolytic oil consists of mixture of hydrocarbon compounds which included normal paraffins, isoparaffins, cyclic, and aromatics compounds. The analysis of hydrocarbon fractions of pyrolitic oil have carbon number ranging from 5-21 at different percentage and the total concentration of independent on using of catalyst or not at fixed pyrolysis conditions.