Patent ID: 7951271

Claim:
An energy recovery device for recovering oil and energy from vehicle tires, comprising: one or more receptacles for holding vehicle tires, configured for insertion into a pyrolysis chamber; said pyrolysis chamber configured to be air tight, and including a door with an air tight seal; a heat source for heating said pyrolysis chamber and one or more receptacles containing said vehicle tires; a ventilation system, comprising a condenser, one or more liquid cooled condensation plates, and a condenser tube, and a gas recovery system; wherein said tires in said one or more receptacles are heated in said pyrolysis chamber in the absence of incoming oxygen, to produce a gaseous vapor which exits the pyrolysis chamber via the ventilation system, and from which is condensed oil on said condensation plates, and uncondensed hydrocarbons are captured as a flammable gas, with said tires reduced to carbon ash and steel; with said condenser comprising a plurality of spaced apart hollow and parallel condensation plates thermally connected to an inlet and an outlet cooling liquid manifold, with said condenser plates mounted at an angle of less than 90 degrees from horizontal.