Patent ID: 8789480
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: F23G,F23J

Abstract:
1. An energy recovery system for whole tires, which includes a suspension column which is maintained under low oxygen to enable fractionization of at least one of the whole tires; wherein said suspension column enables gasifying the whole tires into fuel gas and fixed carbon char by an entering stream of high temperature gas having a sub-stoichiometric low oxygen content to preclude combustion of the whole tires therein while causing volatiles to gasify, wherein said entering stream of high temperature gas temperature is at least about 700° F. and oxygen content is less than 10%; a receiving mechanism which includes a plurality of suspension supports in said suspension column for receiving the at least one of the whole tires onto one of said suspension supports upwardly disposed within said column and feeding said tire undergoing gasification and steel to an adjacent downwardly disposed suspending support to liberate fixed carbon char therefrom wherein all said char is entrained in said stream of gas for exiting up and out of said suspension column; and a boiler operably connected to said suspension column to receive and deliver fluid flow thereto; and a fluid flow mover operably interconnecting an exit side of said suspension column with said boiler and which provides sufficient fluid force to pull and deliver fuel gas and said entrained fixed carbon char thereto out of said suspension column.