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Worn tires disposal is one of the significant
global environmental problems.
It’s been estimated that
over a billion worn tires are disposed every year.
Until recently, the problem hasn’t been solved.
The tires got ‘inherited’ generation after generation,
being sunk to bottom of the oceans,
illegally burnt or stored at dumping grounds.
Polish company – Dagas – found an ecological solution.
In response to challenge posed by rubber,
plastic, municipal waste, and solid biomass treatment,
the company applies pyrolysis technology.
Pyrolysis is a high temperature decomposition process.
This commonly used technique
was developed by the company’s researchers.
They created a waste treatment installation,
which converts all by-products into thermal or electric energy.
Marek Majcher, CTO: The process is fully eco-friendly and closed,
working in vacuum condition.
Thus, no toxic waste is released into the environment.
W³odzimierz Przybylski, President: The equipment applied allows
to generate 1 MW of electric energy, heat and wide range of oil fractions.
It has already been implemented in few companies.
We also built a demonstration facility.
Anyone may visit us
and test how the pyrolysis actually works
– cause many don’t believe it at all.
Pyrolysis in Dagas installations is a specific process.
Firstly, cut tires are lifted to the top of the facility.
Then, a worker loads them into a reactor.
The tires are melted down in a temperature of 500°C temperature.
High temperature pyrolysis is possible thanks to REDUXCO catalyst,
also invented by the company.
In effect, heat and gas are produced.
Gas is then used for fuelling electric generator.
Last but not least, oil fractions are produced.
The only component, which is not melted,
is tire reinforcement.
Thus, thanks to revolutionary technology by Dagas,
unwanted rubber waste
is converted into four different products.
It is profitable not only for an investor,
but first and foremost for the environment.