Abstract: A reactor for converting polymer containing materials, such as rubber, including tire rubber, or pyrolyzed rubber, including pyrolyzed tires, or plastic, including pyrolyzed plastic, into output products includes a feed section, a central heating-zone section having a first processing zone configured to heat the material to a first temperature and a second processing zone configured to maintain the material at the first temperature, a discharge section, means for withdrawal of vaporized short-chain hydrocarbon compounds being formed, at least one water steam injector configured to introduce water steam into the interior of the second processing zone and positioned at the bottom of the second processing zone, or at least one CO2 gas injector configured to introduce CO2 gas into the interior of the second processing zone and positioned at the bottom of the second processing zone, or both, and heating means for heating the material.

Abstract: A reactor for converting scrap tire material into output products, while allowing controlling the characteristics of the products within certain ranges, includes a pre-processing zone maintained at a first average temperature, at least one primary processing zone maintained at a second average temperature, at least one secondary processing zone maintained at a third average temperature, a post-processing zone that cools scrap tire material to a fourth temperature, at least one water injector that introduces water into the interior of the secondary processing zones, and potentially also the primary zone, and a transport mechanism that moves, and may mix, scrap tire material across the pre-processing zone, primary processing zone, secondary processing zone, and post-processing zone.