Reprocessing of Used Tires into Activated Carbon and Other Carbon Materials

这是一个奖项，以支持继续研究的可行性 利用废弃的汽车轮胎生产可销售的产品 碳。 导致提出这一建议的提案导致 从成功完成第一阶段，小企业 创新研究项目在NSF第92号资助下进行- 15045，其中热解过程转化的可行性 将废旧轮胎转化为具有潜在市场的碳产品， 演示。 在第二阶段，研究人员计划延长 前一阶段为解决下列问题而开展的工作： 最佳的轮胎颗粒尺寸，用于活化的气体成分 步骤和工艺副产品的潜在用途。 固体废物管理中的一个重要问题是解决 由该项目。 有时候轮胎的堆积会成为 点燃，造成严重的环境问题。 方法 用于回收和再利用其部件的再处理轮胎可以 一种更环保的方式来处理它们， 控制或不控制的燃烧。 这项II期 裁决是按照程序中所载程序雅阁作出的 NSF 90-31小企业创新研究。

This is an award to support continued research on the feasibility of using discarded vehicle tires for producing marketable forms of carbon. The proposal leading to this recommendation results from successful completion of a Phase I, Small Business Innovation Research project conducted under NSF Grant No. 92- 15045 in which the feasibility of a pyrolysis process to convert used tires into potentially marketable carbon products was demonstrated. In Phase II, the investigator plans on extending work initiated during the previous phase to address questions of optimal tire particle size, gas composition for the activation step and the potential uses for process by-products. A significant problem in management of solid wastes is addressed by the project. Accumulations of tires on occasion become ignited causing significant environmental problems. Methods to reprocess tires for recovery and reuse of their components may be a more environmentally correct way of dealing with them than either controlled or uncontrolled combustion. This Phase II award was made in accord with procedures contained in Program Solicitation NSF 90-31, Small Business Innovation Research.