Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) mitigation in the pyrolysis process of waste tires using CO_2 as a reaction medium

摘要

Our work reported the CO_2assisted mitigation of PAHs and VOCs in the thermo-chemical process (i.e., pyrolysis). To investigate the pyrolysis of used tires to recover energy and chemical products, the experiments were conducted using a laboratory-scale batch-type reactor. In particular, to examine the influence of the CO_2 in pyrolysis of a tire, the pyrolytic products including C_(1-5)-hydrocarbons (HCs), volatile organic carbons (VOCs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were evaluated qualitatively by gas chromatography (GC) with mass spectroscopy (MS) as well as with a thermal conductivity detector (TCD). The mass balance of the pyrolytic products under various pyrolytic conditions was established on the basis of their weight fractions of the pyrolytic products. Our experimental work experimentally validated that the amount of gaseous pyrolytic products increased when using CO_2 as a pyrolysis medium, while substantially altering the production of pyrolytic oil in absolute content (7.3 -17.2%) and in relative composition (including PAHs and VOCs). Thus, the co-feeding of CO_2 in the pyrolysis process can be considered an environmentally benign and energy efficient process.