A biofuel that uses used rubber tyres as a feedstock and can run turbo-charged diesel engines while reducing emissions by 30% has been developed. The new material is made from the recycled tyre rubber, which was first developed in the 1970s for use on cars but now finds its way into everything from car tyres, to bicycle helmets, to even tooth@@ An emissions-free method called destructive distillation is used to convert the waste rubber into renewable energy. Heat is applied to the tyres inside a chamber, which breaks them down into different compounds, one of which is condensed into manufactured oil.
A biofuel that uses used rubber tyres as a feedstock and can run turbo-charged diesel engines while reducing emissions by 30% has been developed. Australian start-up Green Distillation Technologies can produce 3,000 litres of bio-oil from one seven-tonne mining truck tyre and hopes to increase production to more than 8 million litres a year by mid-2017. An emissions-free method called destructive distillation is used to convert the waste rubber into renewable energy. Heat is applied to the tyres inside a chamber, which breaks them down into different compounds, one of which is condensed into manufactured oil.