Industrial waste tire-derived pyrolytic oil upgrading to fuels and lubricants

Following the COP21 conference in Paris, Canada has made significant commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In order to meet these ambitious targets, the evolution of the current energy scenario towards the use of alternative sources of carbon is mandatory. The use of waste as a source of energy is particularly interesting because it represents a problem to manage. Among them, scrap tires are especially challenging, in particular those from the mining industry due to their size, composition etc. Hence, this project aims at converting the tires into an alkanes mixture. The latter will be treated to produce different lubricants and diesel fuel to the mining industry. This approach would hence help displacing fossil fuel and positively impacting on GHG emissions in the country. The project will also help the partners to gain an exhaustive perspective of the market and value of the products derived from their process.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Michel Lavoie

Student:

Partner:

Krowncorp Global;Gestion VFC

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

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