etra-01.html - April 2000 - ( cod. 43 )
Updated : Mon. 12 June 2000
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Managed by: TORBAY HOLDINGS Inc. - Washington D.C.
THI will manage two mobile plants for the waste-tires treatment installed
on ocean-going vessels.
First plant with a treatment capacity of- 1 Ton/h - of waste-tires,
Second plant with a treatment capacity of: - 2 Ton/h - of waste-tires.
Waste-tires treatment plants installed on-board of two ocean - going vessels
1 - FOREWORD
Since 1997 it’s 100% operative a new treatment plant able to treate by
pyrolysis waste-tires. Plant able to treate 100 Kg/h of waste-tires
is located in south Italy, fully certified and tested by the Italian Authority.
Developed technology was recognized as innovative by the Italian
Governmental Authority, local Government technical commission
recognized to inventor a soft loan to help experimental activity.
Technology is now available and patented.
Plant fulfils all European standard and environmental parameters.
Presently ( Y2K ) two new plants with a treatment capacity of 1,000 Kg /h
( 2,000 lbs/h ) and 2,000 Kg/h ( 4,000 lbs/h) are under construction.
Expected treatment starting date: November 2000
2 - THE GOAL
We intend to install the two treatment plants on two different Ro-Ro ocean-going vessels
offering the treatment service port-to-port to interested Client.
2.1 - SHIPS MAIN SPECIFICATION -
Ro-Ro vessel with oceanic capability.
Cruising speed: 9 Kts at 100% displacement - 11 Kts at 50 % displacement
2.2 - Treatment plants main specification:
Plant installed on the "CYVADIER" Ferry
Waste tires treatment capacity: 2,000 Kg/h ( 4,000 lbs /h )
.
Max. admitted diameter to shredder : 240 cm ( 8’)
From 2,000 Kg/h ( 4,000 lbs/h ) of waste-tires will be produced:
A - 1,000 Kg/h ( 2,000 lbs/h ) of PYRO-OIL
B - 550 Kg/h ( 1,100 lbs/h ) of medium quality Charcoal
( Yodic Number 700 )
C - Approx. 160 / 180 Kg/h of steel
2.3 - TREATMEMT PLANT CONSUMPTION
Treatment plant will operate with his own generated pyro-oil.
Total pyro-oil consumption is approx. 120 Kg/h ( 240 lbs/h)
Electricity will be produced on-board by diesel pyro-fuel generators.
Waste tires treatment capacity: 1,000 Kg/h ( 2,000 lbs /h )
.
Max. admitted diameter to shredder : 120 cm ( 4’)
From 1,000 Kg/h ( 2,000 lbs/h ) of waste-tires will be produced:
A - 500 Kg/h ( 1,000 lbs/h ) of PYRO-OIL
- PYRO-OIL FUEL - - Oil Specification -
B - 250 Kg/h ( 500 lbs/h ) of medium quality Charcoal
( Yodic Number 700 )
C - Approx. 80 / 90 Kg/h of steel
2.3 - TREATMEMT PLANT CONSUMPTION
Treatment plant will operate with his own generated pyro-oil.
Total pyro-oil consumption is approx. 60 Kg/h ( 120 lbs/h)
Electricity will be produced on-board by diesel pyro-fuel generators.
3 - The Waste tires "SPOT" concept.
We intend to offer the treatment service to waste-tires collectors
able to deliver to the treatment-ship at leaste one "SPOT" of
waste-tires.
"KYONA" : 300 Tons.
"CYVADIER" : 600 Tons.
3.1 - TREATMENT CONDITIONS :
Click on:General conditions
TREATMENT COST: ZERO
4 - ADVANTAGES
for the WASTE TIRES COLLECTOR COMPANY :
4.1 - Investment cost : zero
4.2 - Plant Management risk: zero
4.3 - Industrial risk : zero
4.4 - Noise Impact: minimum, for two weeks operation time-by-time
at pier location - inside the harbour industrial area -
4.5 - Required Authorization: temporary for two-weeks operation only
4.6 - Operative time: on request based on a flexible calender.
4.7 - Port facility: standard area suitable for containers / trucks loading operation
4.8 - Waste-tires Environmental Impact:
minimum, for two weeks operation time-by-time.
Old tires waste stored in standard size containers
4.9 - Port Authority Authorization:
temporary for two-weeks operarion only
4.10 - Treatment operative time: 24h/7 non stop.
4.11 - High operative flexibility: port - to - port service
4.12 - Waste tires collector' profit:
from waste tires destruction by pyrolysis.
Cost of the Waste-tires landfill disposal: none
- PYRO-OIL FUEL - - Oil Specification -
5 - WASTE TIRES MARKET
5.1 - Europe - 1999 over 1,400,000.= tons of waste-tires
produced each year.
5.1.1 - Italy.
Over 300,000 Tons/year
6 - FROM THE PRESS : THE CHARCOAL MARKET
US - Market: 1999, January 4th
BENEFICIAL ROLE FOUND FOR USED TIRES
In an effort to turn the nation's piles of used tires into something
beneficial to the environment, a group of researchers is recycling
the tires into activated-carbon adsorbents for air quality control
applications.
"In the United States alone, more than 200 million tires are disposed
of annually," said Mark Rood, a University of Illinois professor of
environmental engineering. "These waste tires can serve as an inexpensive
and plentiful feedstock for carbon adsorbents that have commercial
value in gas separation, storage and cleanup applications."
There are currently an estimated 3 billion waste tires stockpiled
in the United States. Mounds of old tires can mar the
landscape, collect rainwater that fosters breeding sites
for mosquitoes and ignite into long-lasting fires that pollute
the air.
The researchers from the University of Illinois and the
Illinois Geological Survey are tailoring the properties
of tire-derived activated carbons to help solve troublesome
air-pollution issues.
Potential commercial applications of tire-derived activated
carbons include the removal of toxic pollutants from
fossil-fuel-fired power plants, storage of alternative
fuels such as natural gas in vehicles and the removal
of volatile organic compounds from industrial gas streams.
To date, the researchers have determined that the
tire-activated carbons are comparable or superior to
some commercial carbons.
"The next step is to produce enough quantities of tire-derived
activated carbon for pilot-scale testing to show that this material
works under actual industrial test conditions," said
Massoud Rostam-Abadi, an engineer at the university.
"This is what we are doing now."
Activated carbon is commonly produced from
carbonaceous materials such as wood and coal.
Source: Environmental News Network
With its high carbon content and plentiful supply, "tire rubber
could potentially serve as an ideal material for making low-cost
adsorbents," said Rood. "In addition, almost 70 percent of tire
rubber is volatile material that can be recovered as oils and gases
and used as an energy source for processing the tires."