Assessing Energy Potential from Waste Tyres in Mauritius by Direct Combustion, Pyrolysis and Gasification
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25 November 2022
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Stock piling of used tyres in the landfill is a problematic issue all around the world. The bridging of ecology and energy can be done through the waste tyres. Direct combustion, pyrolysis and gasification are technologies available to reduce the rubber waste disposed at Mare Chicose and at the same time, relieve the energy crisis. The government wants to implement a gasification plant at La Chaumiere and a foreign investor wants to invest in a pyrolysis plant near Mare Chicose. This will benefit the country by a large extent. Our importation of fossil fuel will decrease and the country will save in terms of currency. To tackle this problem in Mauritius, three methods are chosen: Direct combustion, pyrolysis and gasification. It was observed that direct combustion will increase the CO2 emission by 26% if shredded waste tyres as a replacement for coal. Pyrolysis gave 35% of char 33% of heavy pyrolytic oil, 17% of …