Conventional and fast pyrolysis of automobile shredder residues (ASR)

Marcello Zolezzi; Cristiano Nicolella; Sebastiano Ferrara; Cesare Iacobucci; Mauro Rovatti

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2003.12.005

Conventional and fast pyrolysis of automobile shredder residues (ASR)

Waste Manag. 2004;24(7):691-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2003.12.005.

Authors

Marcello Zolezzi¹, Cristiano Nicolella, Sebastiano Ferrara, Cesare Iacobucci, Mauro Rovatti

Affiliation

¹ Interuniversity Centre of Environmental Monitoring Research (CIMA), University of Genoa, Via Cadorna, 7, 17100, Savona, Italy.

PMID: 15288301
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2003.12.005

Abstract

This work aims at comparing performance and product yields in conventional pyrolysis and fast pyrolysis of automotive shredded residues. In both processes, carbon conversion to gaseous and liquid products was more than 80%. Gas production was maximised in conventional pyrolysis (about 35% by weight of the initial ASR weight), while fast pyrolysis led to an oil yield higher than 55%. Higher heating values (HHV) of both conventional pyrolysis gas and fast pyrolysis oil increased from 8.8 to 25.07 MJ/Nm3 and from 28.8 and 36.27 MJ/kg with increasing pyrolysis temperature.

MeSH terms

Automation
Automobiles*
Gases / analysis
Incineration*
Materials Testing
Time Factors

Substances

Gases