PROCESS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF RUBBER-BASED MATERIALS AND AUTOMOBILE FRAGMENTATION RESIDUES

摘要

A process for the destruction of rubber-based materials and plastic materials, the process employing a metal smelt in a smelt reactor (1), wherein products of the rubber-based material and/or a plastic material are partially fragmented to form product pieces and the fragmented material is then contacted with an iron smelt, where oxygen is supplied to the smelt. The invention is distinguished in that the pieces of said material are supplied to the metal bath (11), that the pieces are substantially or completely retained in the bath (11) under the bath surface (12) until the pieces have been gasified in contact with the smelt and supplied oxygen, that a foaming slag (13) is established on top of the smelt, and that the metal bath is brough into agitation to such a degree that the pieces are drawn down beneath the bath surface (12) by the motion of the smelt.