Markets for Tires As Fuel

Applications that can bum whole tires include a few cement kilns, large dedicated tires-for-fuel boilers, and some experimental applications in utility boilers. Applications that can use TDF include most cement kilns, many thermal decomposition units, boilers at pulp and paper plants, utility plants, and other industrial facilities. 

As described in more detail in subsequent chapters, the desirability of tires or TDF varies among each industry, often that advantage is regionally specific, because the 

Environmental Protection Agency s Office of Solid Waste recently produced a report entitled Markets for Scrap Tires , which summarizes the barriers to development of TDF markets for dedicated tire-to-energy facilities, other utility facilities, the cement industry, the pulp and paper industry, and pyrolysis facilities. Table 1-4 summarizes the reported barriers. 

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