ref:pyroil-1.html- cod 43 - March 2000.( file #28)
Updated: Mon. 11, June 2000

- MOBILE TREATMENT PLANTS -

main page:aquarius inc.
Project for:

Pyrolysis plant installed on-board of an ocean - going vessel

1 - FOREWORD

Since 1997 it’s 100% operative a new treatment plant able to treate by pyrolysis waste-tyres.
Plant able to treate 100 Kg/h of waste-tyres 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.

2 - THE GOAL

We intend to install two treatment plants on two Ro-Ro ocean-going vessels offering the treatment service port-to-port to interested waste-tyres Operators.

Project it's now adopted by TORBAY HOLDINGS Inc. - ( nasdaq TRBY )
( THI) - Washington D.C.


THI will manage the mobile plant installed on a vessel and able to treate 2 T./h of old-tyres waste.

- SHIP MAIN SPECIFICATION -

CLICK ON:
Aquarius Home page- Home page with the list of the vessels

2.2 - Treatment plants main specification:

Plant # 1 - Waste tyres treatment capacity: 2,000 Kg/h ( 4,000 lbs /h )
. Max. admitted diameter to shredder : 240 cm ( 8’)

Plant # 2 - Waste tyres treatment capacity: 1,000 Kg/h ( 2,000 lbs /h )
. Max. admitted diameter to shredder : 120 cm ( 4’)

- The Waste tyres "SPOT" concept.-

We intend to offer treatment service to waste-tyres collectors able to deliver to the treatment-ship at least one "SPOT" , the mimimum quantity of waste-tyres

- "SPOT" Minimum Quantity

"KYONA" Ferry - 1 Ton/h treatment capacity - 300 Tons Spot
"CYVADIER" Ferry - 2 Ton/h treatment capacity - 600 Tons Spot

- TREATMENT COST: ZERO

All products generated by the treatment activity will be sole property of Aquarius Inc.

- ADVANTAGES for the WASTE TYRES COLLECTOR :

1 - Investment cost : zero

2 - Plant Management risk: zero

3 - Industrial risk : zero

4 - Noise Impact: minimum, for two weeks operation time-by-time at pier location - industrial area -

Tyres-Waste unloading and all treatment operation are made on board.


5 - Required Authorization: temporary for two-weeks operation only

6 - Operative time: on request based on a flexible calender.

7 - Port facility: standard area for commercial containers and trucks loading operations

8 - Waste-tyres Environmental Impact:
minimum, for two weeks operation time-by-time.
Old tyres waste stored in standard size containers or loaded on bord by trucks.

9 - Port Authority Authorization:
temporary for two-weeks operarion only

10 - Treatment operative time: 24h/24h non stop.

11 - High operative flexibility: port - to - port service also in case of natural disasters.

- OIL SPECIFICATION -

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Technical specification

- PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

1 - Reactor temperature: 1,000 - 1,200 °C ( 1,830 - 2,220 °F )

2 - Distillated Products from 100 Kg./h of waste tires:

50 - 60 Kg./h - 100 - 120 Lbs /h of FUEL PYRO-OIL

3 - 30 Kg./h - 60 Lbs / h of CHARCOAL,
with the following specification:

C = 94.78%
H = 1.11 %
N = 1.19 %
O = 0.56 %
S = 2.36 %

Main specification - Industrial Grade quality - :

Yodic Number 151.5
Volatiles 2.8
Loose at 105 °C 0.2
Ash 11.4
Temperature at final production stage: 400 °C
Temperature after cooling: 80 °C
Status: dry powder
Charcoal use: combustible for cement-kiln and any suitable furnace.

Charcoal upgrading kit


From industrial quality charcoal to high quality pulvirized active carbon

Upgrading of charcoal quality by using high temperature steam ( 800 - 900 °C) generated by the treatment plant installed on board of the treatment vessel.

Pulvirized active carbon ( Yodic Number 700 ) is ideal for air and water filter.

Kit is manufactured as a part of the plant.
Weight reduction factor: from 5% to 8%
Fuel consumption: 5% of self-produced oil.

- 7 Kg / h of GAS
with the following specification.
Produced quantity: from 2 % to 8 % on distilled tires weight.

Gas elements are:

C = 85.76 %
H = 14,24 %
N = trace
O = trace
S = trace

Gas components are:

H2 = 32 % in volume.
CO = 5 % in volume.
CO2 = 8% in volume.
O2 = ( 0 - 2 ) % in volume.
N2 = 5 % in volume.
CH4 = 25 % in volume
CnHm (from C2 to C5 ) = 21.5 % in volume
CnHm (from C5 to C6 ) = 2.5 % in volume
CnHm = 1 % in volume

- SMOKE -

Smoke produced quantity.( N cumt/h - Normal cubic metre each hour )

Treatment capacity: 2,000 Kg/h = 4,400 Ncumt/h

Smoke analysis - after smoke treatment - 2,000 Kg/h treatment plant.

Powder: 8 mg/cumt.
HCl: 3 mg/cumt.
SO2 : 5 mg/cumt.
CO : 2 mg/cumt.
NOx : 8 mg/cumt.

- STEEL :
Quantity related to distilled type ( 8% - 9% )

Average value: 160 - 180 Kg./h from 2,000 Kg/h of treated old tires.

U-S- 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.
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."

Source: Environmental News Network