Pyrolysis technologies in branch of energy recovery from tyres in the Czech Republic

Abstract

The article deals with the application options of pyrolysis technologies and energy recovery from waste tyres in the Czech Republic (CR). It discusses pyrolysis facilities that may be used to process waste tyres. Apart others, attention is paid to the innovated facility produced by the Czech company HEDVIGA GROUP plc. The next section of the article describes the disposal of pyrolytic oil that is problematic according to the Czech state authorities. Some operators of pyrolysis plants have decided to address the problem of pyrolytic oil utilisation by recovering the energy in cogeneration units combusting the oil, or a mixture of pyrolytic oil and gas. Specific facilities produced in the CR are presented that are piloted in Great Britain. The article includes a section dealing with the results of emission measurements of one pyrolysis plant for energy recovery from waste tyres, and a section dealing with the determination of specific emission limits for such facilities in the CR combusting pyrolytic gas, or pyrolytic oil. The conclusion discusses the situation in environmental impact assessment of pyrolysis technologies for energy recovery in the CR.