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Continuous devulcanization of waste tires by using a Co‐rotating twin screw extruder: Effects of screw configuration, temperature profile, and devulcanization agent concentration

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In this paper, the response surface methodology (RSM) has been used to predict SBR/NR devulcanization behavior in a co-rotating twin screw extruder.
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Recently, for reasons both economical and environmental, recycling of waste tires based on (styrene butadiene rubber)/(natural rubber) (SBR/NR) has been widely considered. Response surface methodology (RSM) has been used to predict SBR/NR devulcanization behavior in a co-rotating twin screw extruder. In this study, variable parameters were barrel temperature, screw configuration, and content of devulcanization agent. A Box-Behnken design for the three variables, at three levels, was chosen. The sol fraction of devulcanized rubber, Δtorque (difference between maximum and minimum curing torque), and mechanical properties of revulcanizate samples were considered as the responses. The results indicated that an increase of devulcanization agent content at a certain temperature caused the sol fraction to increase. Samples including a higher sol fraction showed a lower cross-link density. Sol fraction for high shear rate screw configuration was lower than that for other screw configurations. Tensile strength of revulcanized rubber showed a decrease with a rise of devulcanization temperature. Moreover, a relationship connecting the residence time in the extruder with stagger angle and length of different kneading blocks were obtained. J. VINYL ADDIT. TECHNOL., 19:65–72, 2013. © 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers

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Recycling of rubber wastes by devulcanization

TL;DR: In this paper, a literature review on rubber recycling by devulcanization is presented, focusing on the thermomechanical method, those in the presence of supercritical CO2 and, finally, the combined thermmechanical process with supercritical carbon dioxide atmosphere.
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Characterization and supercritical CO2 devulcanization of cryo-ground tire rubber: Influence of devulcanization process on reclaimed material

TL;DR: In this article, ground truck-tire rubber (GTR) was characterized and subsequently devulcanized in supercritical CO 2 (scCO 2 ) in the presence of Diphenyl Disulfide (DD) as an additive additive agent.
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Investigation of volatile low molecular weight compounds formed during continuous reclaiming of ground tire rubber

TL;DR: In this article, the progress of ground tire rubber reclaiming was evaluated with specific mechanical energy, sol fraction and thermogravimetric analysis using dynamic headspace and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (DHS-GC-MS).
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Reclaiming waste tire rubber by an irradiation technique

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of several devulcanizing agents, including hexadecylamine (HDA), Diphenyl disulfide (DPDS), N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiozyl sulfenamide (CBS) 2-mercaptobenzothiazole disulfides (MBTS), and two types of the oils, aromatic and paraffinic with various contents in different irradiation temperatures was studied.
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