TYGRE
High added value materials from waste Tyre Gasification Residues
Informazioni Generali
- Coordinatore:
- ENEA (Italia)
- Responsabile ENEA:
- GALVAGNO SERGIO - SSPT-TIMAS-CMS (PORTICI (NA))
- Ruolo ENEA:
- COORD
- Sito WEB:
- Sito WEB non disponibile
Descrizione e Attività
Descrizione Generale
This project is focused on the waste tyres recycling and promotes a thermal process mainly devoted to the production of ceramic materials. The disposal of waste tyres represents a relevant problem within the waste management strategy of the European Community and, despite the attempts of reusing waste tyre in many different ways, a relevant fraction (nearly 23%) is still landfilled. Pyrolysis and gasification are a promising way for alternative high-efficiency material and energy production, since both the processes provide a gaseous and a liquid fraction easily usable as fuels or chemical sources.
Nevertheless, besides these encouraging preliminary remarks, the experiences on both pilot and industrial scale have shown that without a valuable exploitation of the solid by-product (char), the whole economic balance of the process is not advantageous and therefore the process is not sustainable. The gasification/pyrolysis treatment of waste tyres, apart from a high hydrogen rich syngas, brings to a very high carbon-rich char fraction, which has been tested in the past as a semi-reinforcing filler for new tyres or as an active carbon. Nevertheless, despite the recent technological advances, it is still unclear whether there is a market demand for this product.
On these bases, the main idea of the proposal consists in redirecting the gasification process towards the material recycling, by coupling a second thermal process, dedicated to the plasma synthesis of silicon carbide, to the preliminary waste tyres gasification. The overall strategy of the project s workplan mainly consists of three levels: a.the development of a sustainable recycling process for the waste tyre treatments, with the final construction of a prototype plant; b.the sustainability assessment, in terms of impact analyses on economical, ecological and social aspects; c.the market requirements analysis and the future perspectives in view of potential stakeholders, and the diffusion of the results.
Attività svolta da ENEA
L'ENEA coordina il progetto.
Programmi Europei
- Programma:
- Settimo Programma Quadro R&ST (2007-2013) → AMBIENTE (2007-2013) (CP-FP - Progetto di collaborazione-progetto mirato)
Dati Finanziari (in euro)
Costo Eleggibile
- Progetto:
- 4.338.854,00
- ENEA:
- 1.688.288,00
Contributo
- Al progetto:
- 3.349.992,00
- A ENEA:
- 1.326.788,00
Durata del Progetto
- Anno di stipula e Durata:
- 2009 - 42 mesi
- Periodo:
- 01-09-2009 → 28-02-2013