Environmental Factors of Waste Tire Pyrolysis Final Report
July 1995 D-2 CalRecovery, Inc.
Appendix Table D-2. Chemical Characteristics of Tire-Derived Pyrolytic Oil and Commercial Fuels
Pyrolytic Oil NATRL- Nippon Petroleum Products
Conrad Heartland Kilborn Laval U. Leads University Wind Ga
Zeon RMAC RTC Worthing Heavy
Lo Hi Kerosene Fuel Oil
Kiln Temperature deg C 400 700 950
13.1 MPa n/a n/a
Carbon Residue % 0.5 2.2 <0.15 -
Hydrogen Content % 10.58 9.42 13.6 11.8
Sulfur % 0.49 0.5 1.1 0.1 2.1
Ash % 0.099 - -
Ultimate Analysis % 85.3 85.94 77.1 86.97 88.33
H % 11.2 10.62 10.06 9.79 9.56
N% 0.51.35 0.360.18
O % 0.8 1.2 1.06
S% 2.20.89 1.39 0.690.87
% 100 100 97.81 100
Chloride % 0.06
Residual Metals
Va % <0.1
Ni
Na
Na ppm 0.3
Cr ppm 0.67
Cd ppm <0.01
PB ppm <0.1
V ppm <0.1
Ca ppm 0.3
Heating Content MJ/kg 43.0 45.4 43 42.9 42.1 42.1 39.8 45.3 36.2 46.6 44
Cal/g 9500 8,637
Btu/lb 18,500 19,500 18,490 18,447 18,103 18,100 17,104 19,486 15,550 20,038 18,920
Initial Boiling Point deg C 132 112 80 100 140 252
deg F 181
90% Boiling Point deg C 364 340 355 315 -
deg F >779
Viscosity centipoise - - - 20.5 - -
60 deg C centistokeas 2.15 2.38 - 0.65 24
40 deg C centistokeas 3.1 6.3 - 1.2 30
20 deg C MPa 6.34
100 deg F ssu 45.8 35
Density kg/m—u3˜ 0.9 0.91 0.96 0.84 0.95
API Gravity 17.8 21.81 15.51 14.7 18.4 18.8 47 17.5
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