Journal Article
Diesel Fuel by Scrap-Tyre Thermal-Mechanical Pyrolysis
2013-10-15
2013-32-9038
Current energy policies are encouraging the near-term use of fuels derived from civil and industrial waste residues, giving new perspectives for their disposal. The possibility of using, in Diesel engines, a liquid fuel derived from waste synthetic polymeric matrices, such as scrap tyres, is evaluated in this paper. The fuel is obtained by means of an innovative technology based on a thermo-mechanical cracking process at moderate temperatures and pressures. A preliminary investigation was carried out on a 440 cm3 single-cylinder Diesel engine for stationary applications using a commercial automotive Diesel fuel (UNI-EN 590:2010) and two mixtures of automotive Diesel fuel and tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO): the first one containing 20% TPO by volume, the other containing 40% TPO.
