Method of recovering energy

A method of recovering oil from tires, comprising:

• providing a supply of automobile tires;
• axially aligning a quantity of said tires so that they form a cylinder made of a plurality of tires;
• compressing said bundle and banding said bundle in its compressed state through use of at least one metal strap, to form a bundle of said axially aligned tires;
• placing one or more bundles in a receptacle;
• placing one or more receptacles in a pyrolysis chamber;
• sealing said pyrolysis chamber;
• heating said pyrolysis chamber, receptacle and bundle to a temperature of 500-1300° F. (260-704° C.), thereby charring said bundle and releasing a vapor;
• ventilating said vapor from said pyrolysis chamber into a condensation system comprising a plurality of condensation plates which define a circuitous exit pathway for gaseous vapors produced from said pyrolysis chamber and which also define an oil drainage pathway to a condensation tube, through use of a ventilation system;
• condensing oil from said vapor in said condensation system;
• collecting said oil;
• compressing and storing said remaining vapor, with the system resulting in up to 50% oil recovery by weight and a net positive energy production of natural gas cooling the pyrolysis chamber, receptacle and bundle after heating to about 150° F.;
• removing the charred remnants of the bundle from the receptacle;
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• separating the charred remnants of the bundle into carbon and metal.