Disposal Of ELT By Energy Recovery

With a calorific value equivalent to that of good quality coal, end of life tyres (ELT) are used as an alternative to fossil fuels. The increase in the price of oil and the necessity to preserve resources could favour the development of this type of application.

The specifications are: The calorific power of 1 passenger car tyre is equivalent to 7.6 litres of oil (lower sulphur content), ELT have a similar calorific value as a high quality coal, with the advantage that the emissions of (heavy) metals are much lower.The incineration residue can also be used as replacement for other raw materials (e.g. raw material in clinker for cement industry), the complete combustion of 1 tonne of ELTs generates 647 kg of CO2 from biomass. Therefore it is widely used by cement companies as alternative fuel to petrocoke (petrolliumcoke).