%0 Conference Paper %1 diazferran2018solarpowered %A Díaz-Ferrán, Gustavo %A Chudinzow, Dimitrij %A Kracht, Willy %A Eltrop, Ludger %B SolarPACES 2017 : International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems %C Melville, NY %D 2018 %I American Institute of Physics %K %N 2033, 1 %P 020003 %R 10.1063/1.5067012 %T Solar-powered pyrolysis of scrap rubber from mining truck end-of-life tires : A case study for the mining industry in the Atacama Desert, Chile %X It is urgent for the mining industry located in Chile to manage waste tires in a better way than burying or landfilling them. There are several managing alternatives which allow recovering value from used tires, and it is possible to rank them in terms of their environmental impact performance. In this sense, solar energy is available and offers an environmental impact reduction. In this study, the global warming potential of three different alternatives to treat mining trucks’ end-of-life (EOL) tires is calculated through Life Cycle Assessment methodology: mechanical pulverization at ambient temperature, conventionally powered pyrolysis and solar-powered pyrolysis. The results show that the best alternative in terms of carbon dioxide-equivalent reduction potential is mechanical pulverization, followed by solar-powered pyrolysis. However, the big outputs of diesel, petrol and gas from solar-powered pyrolysis suggest a substantial advantage for the mining industry, which highly relies on these products for. %@ 978-0-7354-1757-1

@inproceedings{diazferran2018solarpowered, abstract = {It is urgent for the mining industry located in Chile to manage waste tires in a better way than burying or landfilling them. There are several managing alternatives which allow recovering value from used tires, and it is possible to rank them in terms of their environmental impact performance. In this sense, solar energy is available and offers an environmental impact reduction. In this study, the global warming potential of three different alternatives to treat mining trucks’ end-of-life (EOL) tires is calculated through Life Cycle Assessment methodology: mechanical pulverization at ambient temperature, conventionally powered pyrolysis and solar-powered pyrolysis. The results show that the best alternative in terms of carbon dioxide-equivalent reduction potential is mechanical pulverization, followed by solar-powered pyrolysis. However, the big outputs of diesel, petrol and gas from solar-powered pyrolysis suggest a substantial advantage for the mining industry, which highly relies on these products for.}, added-at = {2023-08-31T14:56:59.000+0200}, address = {Melville, NY}, author = {Díaz-Ferrán, Gustavo and Chudinzow, Dimitrij and Kracht, Willy and Eltrop, Ludger}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/289614a4529110dca841952412b26e5b8/puma-wartung}, booktitle = {SolarPACES 2017 : International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems}, doi = {10.1063/1.5067012}, eventdate = {2017-09-26/2017-09-29}, eventtitle = {SolarPACES 2017: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems}, interhash = {4cdb2461009cefd4e7000dfe2bec14de}, intrahash = {89614a4529110dca841952412b26e5b8}, isbn = {978-0-7354-1757-1}, keywords = {}, language = {eng}, number = {2033, 1}, pages = 020003, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, series = {AIP Conference Proceedings}, timestamp = {2023-08-31T12:56:59.000+0200}, title = {Solar-powered pyrolysis of scrap rubber from mining truck end-of-life tires : A case study for the mining industry in the Atacama Desert, Chile}, venue = {Santiago, Chile}, year = 2018 }