摘要 |
Waste tyres (76) are disposed of in a cement-manufacturing or other mineral-burning process by introducing the tyres into the hot gas stream (82) at at least one point between the mineral-inlet end of a rotary kiln (2) and the lowermost cyclone (36) of an associated preheater system, e.g. into the gas stream (82) within a precalciner vessel (24) or riser duct (32), the tyres being maintained in contact with the hot gas for a sufficient period to effect at least partial combustion of the tyres. As an alternative, the tyres may be introduced into a Lepol grate preheater (84). |