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$ASUV ~ Stockpiled tire fires destroy our natural habitat for decades.

Over 75% of the cost of a tire goes into the construction and building of the tire casing which is the main component that keeps your tire on the wheel/rim, giving it strength and durability. With that in mind, it only makes sense to keep a tire, a useable tire for as long as possible and that’s what we do at Harmonic. In the simplest of terms, the tires that are not suitable to be remanufactured and put back on the road as a new tires, will be processed and recycled using Harmonic’s patented thermal depolymerization technology or Tyrolysis™.

Our proven Tyrolysis™ system essentially melts down scrap rubbers tires and polymers into their original components. We use heat in an oxygen starved environment to thermally “crack” the polymeric materials back to oil and gas. The remaining solid materials consist principally of the original carbon black materials, which are recovered in a process that retains their reactivity properties and usefulness in rubber products. Subsequent upgrading in a patented refining process assures the production of an effective carbon black reinforcing and tinting material that is available commercially today called TCB+.

Harmonic’s patented technology is unique in that it is currently the only system worldwide that can process both whole (unprocessed) tires and can also take shredded feedstock as well in a controlled environment (less pre-processing reduces costs). This process takes place in a sealed vertical reactor and is operated safely using digital telemetry based PLC computer systems, under strict industrial protocols, that exceed all regulatory standards.

Two of the main end products are usable as fuels; an oil and syn-gas. The syn-gas has high thermal value and is used as process heat for fueling the system after initial start-up. It can also be diverted for use elsewhere as a boiler fuel or to generate electricity, depending on the configuration of the facility. For each tire processed, approximately one gallon of oil is generated, with properties similar to a diesel fuel. This oil is sold as an industrial fuel oil, or is refined to a transportation grade fuel. The result of recycling end-of-life rubber materials is the recovery of the raw materials that were used to produce the products in the first place: oil, gas and reinforcing carbon.

In contrast, the recovery of carbon black using Harmonic’s Tyrolysis™ system is estimated to generate only 0.25 kilograms of CO2 per kilogram of TCB+ carbon black produced, offering the environment an approximate net reduction of 0.75 kilograms CO2 per kilogram of carbon black produced. The end result would be annual CO2 offsets in excess of 500,000 tonnes just in the United States alone.

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