Characteristics of tyre derived fuel-diesel blends
- Sebola, Rebecca, Pilusa, Jefrey, Muzenda, Edison
- Authors: Sebola, Rebecca , Pilusa, Jefrey , Muzenda, Edison
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Pyrolysis fuel , Waste tyre pyrolysis , Tyre derived fuel
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4891 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12605
- Description: This paper reviews the behavior of diesel-tyre derived fuel blends as a modified fuel for diesel engines. Gas phase de-sulphurisation distillation over membrane sieves was used to prepare tyre derived fuel samples. The samples were blended with 50ppm commercial diesel at various volume ratios. The contamination characteristics of such blends were investigated whereby continuous single pass filtration technique was employed to remove solids contaminants in the fuel blends. It was observed that gas phase de-sulphurisation distillation of crude tyre derived fuel reduces total sulphur content by up to 40%. Blending the distilled tyre derived fuel with low sulphur diesel has shown that up to 25vol. % of distilled tyre fuel can be added to low sulphur diesel without compromising the recommended physical properties of the blend. However the total sulphur content remains higher than the recommended specification as per SANS 342 despite the 85% reduction from the crude tyre derived fuel state.
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- Authors: Sebola, Rebecca , Pilusa, Jefrey , Muzenda, Edison
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Pyrolysis fuel , Waste tyre pyrolysis , Tyre derived fuel
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4891 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12605
- Description: This paper reviews the behavior of diesel-tyre derived fuel blends as a modified fuel for diesel engines. Gas phase de-sulphurisation distillation over membrane sieves was used to prepare tyre derived fuel samples. The samples were blended with 50ppm commercial diesel at various volume ratios. The contamination characteristics of such blends were investigated whereby continuous single pass filtration technique was employed to remove solids contaminants in the fuel blends. It was observed that gas phase de-sulphurisation distillation of crude tyre derived fuel reduces total sulphur content by up to 40%. Blending the distilled tyre derived fuel with low sulphur diesel has shown that up to 25vol. % of distilled tyre fuel can be added to low sulphur diesel without compromising the recommended physical properties of the blend. However the total sulphur content remains higher than the recommended specification as per SANS 342 despite the 85% reduction from the crude tyre derived fuel state.
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Molecular filtration of rubber derived fuel
- Pilusa, Jefrey, Muzenda, Edison, Shukla, Mukul
- Authors: Pilusa, Jefrey , Muzenda, Edison , Shukla, Mukul
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Pyrolysis fuel , Waste-to-energy , Rubber derived fuel
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4965 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13066
- Description: The work presented in this article reviews the possible methods for removal of mercaptans from distilled rubber derived fuel. Distilled rubber derived fuel is a potential additive for diesel fuel; therefore reduction of sulphur compounds in this fuel is essential for application in compression ignition engines. Membrane filtration of distilled rubber fuel using 13-X molecular sieves has shown a significant reduction in sulphur content. It was observed that distilled rubber fuel can be effectively filtered via single pass to remove up to 53.67% of the fuel’s initial sulphur.
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- Authors: Pilusa, Jefrey , Muzenda, Edison , Shukla, Mukul
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Pyrolysis fuel , Waste-to-energy , Rubber derived fuel
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4965 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13066
- Description: The work presented in this article reviews the possible methods for removal of mercaptans from distilled rubber derived fuel. Distilled rubber derived fuel is a potential additive for diesel fuel; therefore reduction of sulphur compounds in this fuel is essential for application in compression ignition engines. Membrane filtration of distilled rubber fuel using 13-X molecular sieves has shown a significant reduction in sulphur content. It was observed that distilled rubber fuel can be effectively filtered via single pass to remove up to 53.67% of the fuel’s initial sulphur.
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