Ellsin Environmental has reached a benchmark at its tire recycling pilot project plant in Sault Ste. Marie.
Earlier this month, the company's TR900 plant operated for 11 consecutive hours, producing enough high-quality representative samples of recaptured carbon black (CB), oil and steel to allow parent company Environmental Waste International Inc. (EWS) to submit samples for independent analysis and testing by potential end users.
The plant is designed to break down 900 tires a day into carbon black, oil and steel using a reverse polymerization process. Tire gases are collected at the site and used to power the entire facility.
According to a news release, the initial lab results have exceeded the company's expectations, and the carbon black “appeared to be better than any previously recovered and tested CB from earlier systems.”
Results of an initial report from a synthetic rubber manufacturer to use the oil as a replacement for its production oil were “promising,” the release notes. However, more testing is needed “to confirm consistency in the samples, to determine any additional processing that may be required and to establish a market value for these byproducts.”
The company is currently working on issues related to continuous operation of the system, most of which are reported to be mechanical.
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