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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137508 | Pyrolytic process for producing enhanced amounts of aromatic compounds A pyrolysis process and reactor converts various hydrocarbons such as waste materials, for example, scrap polymers, tires, etc., into various chemical components or amounts thereof, not otherwise produced by conventional pyrolytic processes. A large reactor size is ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7883605 | Pyrolytic process for producing enhanced amounts of aromatic compounds Various embodiments of a process for pyrolyzing hydrocarbonaceous material are provided. In one embodiment the process for pyrolyzing hydrocarbonaceous material includes charging a reactor with a feed material comprising hydrocarbonaceous material, heating the feed ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7862691 | Decomposition method of waste plastics and organics A method of decomposing waste plastics, organics, and particularly medical waste composed of a varieties of plastics is described. ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7736470 | Coker feed method and apparatus Described herein are methods and mechanisms for laterally dispensing fluid to a coke drum in a predictable and maintainable manner that alleviates thermal stress. In one embodiment, the methods and mechanisms utilize a split piping system to dispense fluid through t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736469 | Production of hydrocarbon fuel A process for converting animal fats and/or other feedstocks into gas oil fuel including the steps of introducing material including the animal fats into a still pot in the form of liquor, extracting a volume of material from the still pot, heating the extracted mat... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7423189 | Method of utilizing a catalytic reaction to recycle organic scrap The present invention discloses a method of utilizing a catalytic reaction to recycle organic scrap, wherein via a special cracking equipment, a special catalyst and a two-stage cracking process, the present invention not only can effectively convert organic scrap i... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416641 | Apparatus for recovering marketable products from scrap rubber Tire pyrolysis systems and processes are provided which include feeding tire shreds to a pyrolysis vessel (40) and pyrolyzing the shreds in a pyrolysis vessel (40) to produce a pyrolysis gas and carbon black mixture. The pyrolysis gas processed by cent... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7371308 | Method and plant for pyrolizing of hydrocarbon-containing waste products The invention describes a process and a plant for pyrolyzing hydrocarbon-containing waste products, in particular used tires or biowaste, in which the material to be pyrolyzed is introduced into a pyrolysis furnace and is pyrolyzed at 500° C. The significant factor... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341646 | Low energy method of pyrolysis of hydrocarbon materials such as rubber A low energy method of pyrolysis of rubber or other hydrocarbon material is provided. The hydrocarbon material is heated while maintaining a vacuum, using a clay catalyst. In an additional embodiment, also under a vacuum and optionally with or without the catalyst, ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329329 | Apparatus for pyrolyzing tire shreds and tire pyrolysis systems Tire pyrolysis systems and processes are provided which include feeding tire shreds to a pyrolysis reactor, pyrolyzing the shreds in a pyrolysis reactor to produce a hydrocarbon-containing gas stream and carbon-containing solid, removing the carbon-containing solid ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7317132 | Method for utilization of rubber wastes by simultaneous pyrolysis with coal Method for utilization of rubber wastes with simultaneous carrying of pyrolysis of coal in cells of a coke oven battery, in which each consequent cell is filled with previously prepared and disintegrated blend of coke coals of a size of particles 0.1-5.0 mm in amoun... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7214254 | Method of removing mercury from mercury contaminated materials A method of reducing mercury levels in a mercury contaminated material using microwave energy. The method comprises the steps of (a) placing the mercury contaminated material in a microwave reactor; (b) providing a stream of gas in the microwave reactor, the stream ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182028 | System and method for the pyrolization of waste A system for the pyrolization of waste has a combustion chamber with a fuel inlet and a hot gas outlet, a pyrolization chamber separated from the combustion chamber, and a conveyor means positioned within the pyrolization chamber for moving waste from the waste inle... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7144558 | Wood gasification apparatus A wood gasification apparatus in which cellulosic material is transported by an auger through a housing and heated to vaporize at least a portion of the cellulosic material by frictional heating. The auger and housing define a spiral void through which the cellulosi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7115190 | Tangential dispenser and system for use within a delayed coking system The present invention features a tangential injection system for use within a delayed coking system, or any other similar system. The tangential injection system comprises a spool, a tangential dispenser, and a hydro blasting system, wherein the tangential dispenser... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101464 | Microwave pyrolysis apparatus for waste tires A microwave distillation apparatus provides destructive distillation of whole waste tires. The apparatus includes a housing including a plurality of vertically arranged chambers. A preheat chamber provides preheating of a whole waste tire received therein. An irradi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7029635 | System for treating material containing noxious components A system for treating a treatable material containing a noxious component, which comprises a mixer for mixing a treatment agent containing alkali material with the treatable material to form a mixture, at least one first heat treating furnace for producing a low oxy... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020307 | Rock fragmentation analysis system A rock fragmentation analysis system is provided for analyzing blasted rock (or other fragmented particles) to assess quality of a blast for efficient processing of subsequent operations in a mine, a quarry, etc. The system includes a hardware system and an image pr... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6972085 | Continuous coking refinery methods and apparatus A system for refining hydrocarbon containing materials in a continuous coking mode may provide a pyrolyzer (1) which may be inclined to effect a liquid seal between a liquid conduction environment (6) and a gaseous conduction environment (7). A ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6909025 | Method and equipment for pre-treatment of used tires before a pyrolysis process The present invention concerns a method and an equipment for pre-treatment of used tires (1) before a pyrolysis process. The invention is characterized in that said cleaning of each tire (1) is carried out in a closed chamber (5) with high press... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6830597 | Process and device for pyrolysis of feedstock The subject invention pertains to unique and advantageous systems for gasifying and/or liquefying biomass. The systems of the subject invention utilize a unique design whereby heat from a combustion chamber is used to directly gasify or liquefy biomass. In a preferr... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6790317 | Process for flash carbonization of biomass A low-energy input process for the pyrolytic conversion of biomass to charcoal or carbonized charcoal is provided. The biomass is sealed in a container, pressurized with air and heated to ignition. Control of pressure by input of air and release of gases to maintain... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6786335 | Pyrolysis plant for refuse and method for screening solid residues A pyrolysis plant for refuse and a method for screening solid residues provide a sure and trouble-free sieving of a solid material using a sieving device having a configuration which is as simple as possible. A spiral formed by a rod which is wound in a helicoidal m... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6777581 | Method for transformation of polyolefine wastes into hydrocarbons and a plant for performing the method A subject of the invention is a method for transformation of polyolefin wastes into hydrocarbons and a plant for carrying thereof. According to the method, disintegrated polyolefin raw material is subjected in a reactor to the progressive heating to the temperature ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6774271 | Method and system of converting waste plastics into hydrocarbon oil A system and method of converting waste plastics into hydrocarbon oil comprises a thermal cracking reactor, into which the waste plastics are cracked at a temperature in the range of 270-800° C. to obtain partly gaseous hydrocarbons, partly liquid hydrocarbons, and... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6746497 | Waste incineration disposal method A waste is dry-distilled in a gasification furnace and generated combustible gas is combusted in a combustion furnace. A temperature in the combustion furnace is set to be substantially constant at a first preset temperature or more. When the temperature in the comb... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6736940 | Process for pyrolyzing tire shreds and tire pyrolysis systems Tire pyrolysis systems and processes are provided which include feeding tire shreds to a pyrolysis reactor, pyrolyzing the shreds in a pyrolysis reactor to produce a hydrocarbon-containing gas stream and carbon-containing solid, removing the carbon-containing solid ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6683227 | Resource recovery of waste organic chemicals by thermal catalytic conversion A process for the thermocatalytic conversion of waste organic materials (e.g., waste tires) into reusable hydrocarbons is provided. The process entails providing the feedstock and catalyst comprising AlCl3 to a heated, stirred reactor. An overh... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6657095 | Continuous temperature variance pyrolysis for extracting products from tire chips An apparatus and process for pyrolyzing waste tire chips, the tire chips passed into an inclined rotary kiln having an output end. The tire chips are saturated by oil in the inclined rotary kiln and are pyrolyzed by indirectly heating with a heated gas. T... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6623602 | Method for reclaiming volatile products and non-volatile residue An improved method is disclosed for reclaiming volatile products and non-volatile residue through the pyrolysis of a polymeric material comprising placing the polymeric material in a reactor and establishing an oxygen deficient atmosphere in a reactor. Th... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6504068 | Method for converting a plastic waste into oil in a stainless steel reactor A method of converting a plastic waste into oil by decomposing the plastic waste by a reaction using water in a supercritical or near supercritical region as a reaction medium. In this method, the reaction is conducted by using a tubular continuous reacto... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6423878 | Process and apparatus for the controlled pyrolysis of plastic materials An apparatus for the pyrolysis (cracking) of a polymeric material consisting of a reactor provided with a molten catalyst bed and a feeding extruder for introducing the polymeric material into the catalyst bed. The process consists in the introduction of ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6387221 | Processing method and system to convert garbage to oil Garbage and waste of all types that includes or comprises organic matter, particularly including medical waste, plastics, paper, food waste, animal by-products, and the like, can be economically recycled into petroleum products, including oil. Machinery p... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6316378 | Process for the production of shaped activated carbon The invention relates to a process for the production of shaped activated carbon by steam activation in an continuously operating rotary tunnel kiln, by continuously drying spherically preformed raw materials in a rotary tunnel dryer with 6-fold product t... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6310264 | Method for processing material comprising aluminum and plastic A method for processing material comprising combinations of aluminum and plastic, such as aluminum bottle caps having a plastic coating, comprising the steps of: pyrolyzing the plastic in an inert atmosphere, cracking or gasifying the gases or vapours whi... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6271427 | Method for recovery of carbon and combinations of hydrocarbons from polymers, preferably in the form of disposed tires, by pyrolysis in a pyrolysis reactor The invention relates to a method for the recovery of carbon and combinations of hydrocarbons from discarded tyres or similar polymeric material by pyrolysis, using a reactor (3) in which the material is placed in a preferably largely fragmented condition... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6255547 | Method of obtaining liquid fuels from polyolefine wastes The subject of the invention is the method of obtaining liquid fuels from polyolefine wastes. According to the method, properly disintegrated polyolefines in an amount of 100 parts y weight are heated in the temperatures between 300° C. to 450° C. till ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6204421 | Method of disposing of waste in a coking process A method for recycling a waste stream containing water and solids comprises (a) removing water from the waste stream to produce a second stream containing less than 60% by weight water, (b) drying the second stream to produce a waste feed charge containin... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6184427 | Process and reactor for microwave cracking of plastic materials A process of activated cracking of high molecular organic waste material which includes confining the organic waste material in a reactor space as a mixture with a pulverized electrically conducting material (sensitizer) and/or catalysts and/or "upgrading... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182584 | Integrated control and destructive distillation of carbonaceous waste A system and process to provide integrated control for the pyrolytic composition of organic (biomass) waste products especially for municipal solid waste systems. The system includes integrated control that monitors biomass waste stream throughout the ent... | 02/06/2001 |
