Recovered carbon black is moving closer to becoming a globally traded industrial commodity as tire manufacturers, rubber producers and material suppliers search for lower-carbon alternatives to virgin carbon black. But achieving true commodity status requires more than simply producing carbonaceous char from end-of-life tire pyrolysis. It requires consistent feedstock, controlled reaction conditions, standardized testing, integrated carbon upgrading and reliable production of specification-grade recovered carbon black at industrial scale.

The emergence of new ASTM standards for recovered carbon black is helping establish the technical foundation required for wider commercial adoption. At the same time, tire manufacturers are demanding increasingly consistent circular raw materials capable of meeting defined performance, quality and lifecycle requirements.

This is where the TyreNova™ engineering framework being advanced by Klean Industries and KBR becomes particularly important.

Built around feedstock control, reaction engineering and integrated recovered carbon black upgrading, TyreNova is designed to transform end-of-life tires into repeatable, specification-driven recovered resources. Continuous tire pyrolysis provides the stable operating environment required to reduce batch-to-batch variation and move recovered carbon black beyond a sustainability narrative toward becoming a dependable industrial material suitable for large-scale tire, rubber and related manufacturing markets.

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The TyreNova™ technology — advanced by KBR and Klean Industries — is engineered specifically to remove that variability. The framework rests on three pillars:

• Feedstock control — defined tyre types, contamination limits, and optimised shred-to-size pre-processing that stabilises reactor operation and rCB properties.
• Reaction engineering — continuous operation (450–700°C, oxygen-free) replacing batch systems, delivering steady-state thermal conditions and consistent carbon structure and surface chemistry.
• Integrated upgrading & purification — magnetic separation, air classification, thermal post-treatment, and stabilisation that reduce ash and residual volatiles to specification.
• The full four-page feature walks the end-to-end pathway — from ELT collection to high-quality rCB output — and details why continuous, modular, high-availability plants are the precondition for treating rCB as a bankable industrial commodity.

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Turn Recovered Carbon Black Into a Bankable Industrial Commodity

Producing tire pyrolysis char is relatively easy. Producing consistent, specification-grade recovered carbon black at industrial scale requires disciplined engineering, continuous process control and an integrated approach from feedstock preparation through carbon upgrading.

Klean Industries works with project developers, tire recyclers, investors and industrial partners to evaluate and develop commercially viable tire pyrolysis and recovered carbon black projects using proven engineering and technology platforms, including the TyreNova™ framework being deployed with KBR.

Before committing capital, understand the real feedstock requirements, product yields, rCB specifications, CAPEX, OPEX, operating availability and potential product markets.

Planning a tire pyrolysis or recovered carbon black project? Speak with Klean Industries about a feasibility study, technology assessment or complete project development strategy.

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