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Fuel from old tires, it works!
Hi all.
Have a look at these videos:
YouTube - Tyre Recycling into Fuel and Oil
It is obvious that old tires are a big problem and you can't just throw them away or burn them. So why not turn them into fuel. The process is very simple. You need a big metal barrel where you can put in the tires or any other rubber. You just heat the barrel so that the rubber starts to melt and boil. All the exhaust from the barrel needs to go through a cooled radiator. The exhaust gasses will condensate into liquid and gas. On the other end of the radiator you need a smaller tank where the liquid and gas is separated. The gas can be burned for heating and in theory there is more than enough gas to sustain the big barrel heating process by its own, even with some extra gas that you can use for other purposes. So I decided to give it a try since I have a huge pile of old tires. My brother and I made a simple and cheap system all out of junk parts. It did not cost us nothing, just our time. The main barrel is an old 100L boiler. We cut away all the parts that were not needed and welded shut all the holes that we did not need. We made a lid for the barrel so that it can be opened for filling. We used an old steel radiator for the condenser, we just welded a box around it and filled the radiator space with cold water for better cooling. Here is how it looked like:
very simple and low-tec
The radiator:
The process begins:
The flammable gas went through a bubbler and into a metal pipe with a mesh on the end.
The process goes on until no gas comes out anymore, then it is time to empty the liquid/gas separator and you get a very bad smelling, muddy liquid that looks like dirty water with algae in it. When filtered from the solids, it looks like this:
It appears like oil, but it is in fact not thick at all, it's density is much like gasoline or diesel and it burns very well. A friend who also made such a test a while ago, said that he ran his moped with this stuff - pure, not mixed with anything and it ran better than with gasoline. The other thing that is left from the process is charcoal:
It is dry and light. It does not burn and does not smell. The gas smells like hell, something like propane, diesel and rubber, but if you burn it, it does not smell bad anymore. There are some black smoke coming from the flame, but this is because the gas does not burn fully, at least with our simple setup. If you wave your hand through the flame, some of the gas sticks to the hand and burns for a while on your hand. Of course all this should be done properly, because the gas is toxic and even when burned, the smoke is also not good to your health. My results are very good, the process works well. Our setup is crude and inefficient, but this was so just for the first test and I learned a lot. We need to change much, but anyway, the results are pretty good. In theory if you recycle 100kg of rubber, you get about 33L of fuel and VERY MUCH gas. Will modify the big barrel for more efficient performance and safety. Then I will try to run some engines with this stuff
Hope you enjoyed reading.
Thank you!
Jetijs
Have a look at these videos:
YouTube - Tyre Recycling into Fuel and Oil
It is obvious that old tires are a big problem and you can't just throw them away or burn them. So why not turn them into fuel. The process is very simple. You need a big metal barrel where you can put in the tires or any other rubber. You just heat the barrel so that the rubber starts to melt and boil. All the exhaust from the barrel needs to go through a cooled radiator. The exhaust gasses will condensate into liquid and gas. On the other end of the radiator you need a smaller tank where the liquid and gas is separated. The gas can be burned for heating and in theory there is more than enough gas to sustain the big barrel heating process by its own, even with some extra gas that you can use for other purposes. So I decided to give it a try since I have a huge pile of old tires. My brother and I made a simple and cheap system all out of junk parts. It did not cost us nothing, just our time. The main barrel is an old 100L boiler. We cut away all the parts that were not needed and welded shut all the holes that we did not need. We made a lid for the barrel so that it can be opened for filling. We used an old steel radiator for the condenser, we just welded a box around it and filled the radiator space with cold water for better cooling. Here is how it looked like:
very simple and low-tec
The radiator:
The process begins:
The flammable gas went through a bubbler and into a metal pipe with a mesh on the end.
The process goes on until no gas comes out anymore, then it is time to empty the liquid/gas separator and you get a very bad smelling, muddy liquid that looks like dirty water with algae in it. When filtered from the solids, it looks like this:
It appears like oil, but it is in fact not thick at all, it's density is much like gasoline or diesel and it burns very well. A friend who also made such a test a while ago, said that he ran his moped with this stuff - pure, not mixed with anything and it ran better than with gasoline. The other thing that is left from the process is charcoal:
It is dry and light. It does not burn and does not smell. The gas smells like hell, something like propane, diesel and rubber, but if you burn it, it does not smell bad anymore. There are some black smoke coming from the flame, but this is because the gas does not burn fully, at least with our simple setup. If you wave your hand through the flame, some of the gas sticks to the hand and burns for a while on your hand. Of course all this should be done properly, because the gas is toxic and even when burned, the smoke is also not good to your health. My results are very good, the process works well. Our setup is crude and inefficient, but this was so just for the first test and I learned a lot. We need to change much, but anyway, the results are pretty good. In theory if you recycle 100kg of rubber, you get about 33L of fuel and VERY MUCH gas. Will modify the big barrel for more efficient performance and safety. Then I will try to run some engines with this stuff
Hope you enjoyed reading.
Thank you!
Jetijs
Really cool.
, I was curious about your tires .... do they have steel plys or belts encased in the rubber and if so is there any problems you have incurred during the process using this type of tire. Most all tires in the United States uses steel belts .......
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