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| 8188325 | Systems and methods for recycling plastic Systems and methods for recycling waste plastic can convert the waste plastic into a form of purified crude oil that includes one or more organic molecular species and that is free, or substantially free, of impurities such as acids and metals. In some systems and m... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183423 | Pyrolysis process for waste and old rubber This invention is about a cracking technology of waste rubber, and the content of this technology is as following: the rubber mass with the catalyst were added in the cracking chamber and the cracking process of the raw material is finished. The main contents and we... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8168839 | Continuously cracking technology of waste rubber or plastics and its equipment Certain examples relate to methods of continuously cracking waste rubber or plastics and apparatuses related to the same, to produce oil from waste rubber or plastics. Raw materials comprising a catalyst and rubber or plastics may be extruded in order to separate th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8088961 | Process for preparing a pour point depressing lubricant base oil component from waste plastic and use thereof A process for making a pour point depressing lubricant base oil blending component comprises: pyrolyzing a plastics feed comprising polyethylene in a pyrolysis zone at a temperature in the range of about 450° C. to about 700° C. and a residence time in the range o... | 01/03/2012 |
| RE42832 | Method for reforming organics into shorter-chain unsaturated organic compounds A method is disclosed for reforming organics into shorter-chain unsaturated organic compounds. A molten metal bath is provided which can cause homolytic cleavage of an organic component of an organic-containing feed. The feed is directed into the molten metal bath a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7977518 | Transverse-flow pyrocatalytic reactor for conversion of waste plastic material and scrap rubber A process and system for converting organic waste into reusable hydrocarbon is described wherein the process includes feeding an organic waste into a pyrocatalytic reactor which is essentially free of halogenated synthetic resinous material into a molten lead bath w... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7932424 | Method for catalytically cracking waste plastics and apparatus for catalytically cracking waste plastics To provide a method for catalytically cracking waste plastics wherein the efficiency in decomposition is high; even polyethylene composed of linear chain molecules difficult in decomposition is decomposable at a low temperature and decomposed residue is hardly produ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7893307 | Apparatus and process for converting feed material into reusable hydrocarbons Apparatus and process for producing hydrocarbon materials from a feed composition, the apparatus including a feed port; a viscous shear apparatus; a thermal decomposition assembly including a ribbonchannel reactor which includes an inner heated hollow cylinder; an o... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7847136 | Device and method for recovering fractional hydrocarbons from recycled plastic fractions and/or oily residues Fractional hydrocarbons are recovered from reclaimed plastic materials and/or from oily residues. The reclaimed plastic materials and/or residues are sorted according to type and compacted using a feed system (1,2,3,4) in the absence of air. Thereafter the co... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7714178 | Method of obtaining high-quality products from polyolefin waste material or polyolefins A method of producing high value products: kerosene including cosmetic kerosene, white oils, high value paraffin and purified liquid fuels, from polyolefin waste material and polyolefins, comprising (a) thermally or catalytically decomposing polyolefin waste materia... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7629497 | Microwave-based recovery of hydrocarbons and fossil fuels The present invention provides methods for decomposing and extracting compositions for the recovery of petroleum-based materials from composites comprising those petroleum-based materials, comprising subjecting the compositions and/or composites to microwave radiati... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7626061 | Method and apparatus for continuous decomposing waste polymeric materials A method and apparatus for the continuous recycling of hydrocarbon containing used and waste materials such as plastic and polymeric waste including, for example, polyurethane, rubber wastes and the like, and in particular scrap rubber tires, are disclosed. The proc... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7626062 | System and method for recycling plastics A system and method for recycling plastics. The system and method recover materials such as hydrocarbon gases, liquid hydrocarbon distillates, various polymers and/or monomers used to produce the original plastics. The system and method allow about one unit of input... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7541503 | Formation of substances by mechanical breaking of carbon-carbon chains molecules A method including mechanically breaking a source substance including relatively long carbon chains so as to produce a product comprising shorter chain carbon molecules. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7531703 | Method of recycling a recyclable plastic The present invention provides a method of recycling a plastic thereby forming a narrow spectrum of hydrocarbons having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms that can be directly used as gasoline without additional processing or refining. The method includes the step of feeding... | 05/12/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7375255 | Rubber tire to energy pyrolysis system and method thereof The present invention provides a pyrolysis system and method thereof which are capable of converting an entire rubber tire into several energy resources in an environmentally-friendly manner. The system includes a tire transporting unit, a waste to energy conversion... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365236 | Generation of a creosote-like mixture, or recovery of metals, or both from preserved wood by reaction in supercritical water An environmentally-friendly method is disclosed for transforming preserved wood, for example creosote-treated or CCA-treated wood with supercritical water. The product of treating weathered creosote-treated wood is a mixture that is similar to fresh creosote. The no... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354562 | Simultaneous shift-reactive and adsorptive process to produce hydrogen A process for producing a high temperature COx-lean product gas from a high temperature COx-containing feed gas, includes: providing a sorption enhanced reactor containing a first adsorbent, a shift catalyst and a second adsorbent; feeding into... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7338629 | Integrated metal processing facility A system and method for forming and heat treating a metal casting are provided. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338608 | Solid-liquid separation of oil-based muds This invention relates to a method of achieving a solid-liquid separation of an oil-based mud comprising the step of contacting said oil-based mud with a water-in-oil emulsion comprising a polymer derived from at least one water-soluble monomer, where the polymer is... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331374 | Method and apparatus for assisting removal of sand moldings from castings Disclosed is a method for dislodging a mold from a casting formed within the mold. The mold may be removed from the casting by scoring the mold and applying a force sufficient to cause the mold to fracture and break into pieces. Additionally, the mold may be fractur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7301061 | Method of processing industrial and municipal, organic, rubber-containing wastes The present invention is a utilization method for rubber-containing, organic industrial and municipal wastes which may be applied in the fields of petrochemical and chemical industry. Raw material is liquefied at 60-310° C. under 0.1-0.2 MP a pressure in aprotic hy... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301060 | Process for conversion of organic, waste, or low-value materials into useful products The present invention addresses the processing of waste and low-value products to produce useful materials in reliable purities and compositions, at acceptable cost, and with high energy efficiency. In particular, the invention comprises a multi-stage process that c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299505 | Helmet cushioning pad with variable, motion-reactive applied-load response, and associated methodology A site-selectable, helmet-installable load-cushioning pad structure employable inside a helmet shell as a part of a plural-spaced-pad distribution featuring a compressible viscoelastic foam core which resists rapid, but not slow-movement, compression. Associated met... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290583 | Methods and apparatus for heat treatment and sand removal for castings A system and method for heat treating castings and removing sand cores therefrom. The castings are initially located in indexed positions with their x, y, and z coordinates known. The castings are passed through a heat treatment station typically having a series of ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288685 | Production of olefins from biorenewable feedstocks A process for producing olefins from biorenewable feedstocks has been developed. The process comprises first pretreating the feedstock, e.g. vegetable oil, to remove contaminants such as alkali metals and then cracking the purified feedstock in a fluidized catalytic... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276148 | Process for treatment of organic waste The invention provides a multi-stage process for the treatment of organic waste comprising drying said waste to reduce the water content to below 15%; subjecting said dried waste to a thermochemical liquefaction process in the presence of a recirculating solvent med... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276266 | Functionalization of carbon nanotubes Method and system for functionalizing a collection of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). A selected precursor gas (e.g., H2 or F2 or CnHm) is irradiated to provide a cold plasma of selected target particles, such as atomic H or F, i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270743 | Products produced form rapid thermal processing of heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock that utilizes a short residence pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that cracks and chemically upgrades the feedstock. The process of the present invention provides for the pr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265254 | Waste processing method, waste processing system, integrated waste processing method, and integrated waste processing system Chlorine-containing waste is processed inside a heating device, an alkali metal compound and a calcium compound are given into the heating device while the temperature of a solid phase inside the heating device is maintained at 400 to 1500° C., chlorine that is con... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258755 | Integrated metal processing facility An integrated metal processing facility in which molten metal is poured into a series of molds at a pouring station to form metal castings, which are then transferred to a heat treatment line. Prior to introduction of the castings into a heat treatment station of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7232935 | Process for producing a hydrocarbon component of biological origin The invention relates to a process for producing a hydrocarbon component of biological origin. The process comprises at least two steps, the first one of which is a HDO step and the second one is an isomerization step operated using the counter-current flow principl... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217750 | Process for incorporating one or more materials into a polymer composition and products produced thereby The present invention relates to various processes that utilize one or more supercritical fluids to disperse various inorganic and organic materials, including crystalline materials, into polymeric compositions, substrates or pre-formed articles without the utilizat... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7202389 | Flash-pyrolysis in a cyclone A process for the pyrolysis of carbonaceous material is carried out in a cyclone reactor which is fitted with enhanced filtering equipment. In addition the invention relates to the use of a cyclone fitted with a rotating filter as a pyrolysis reactor. By using a cyc... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193004 | Pneumatic tire having a component containing low PCA oil There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a component comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), from about 40 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene having a styrene content of gre... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186345 | Systems for water purification through supercritical oxidation Supercritical water (SCW) systems and methods using the properties of supercritical water to allow a raw water stream including water and a contaminant to be purified. A supercritical water oxidation (SCWO), water purifier may generally include water and oxidizer (s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7166658 | Rubber reduction A method of reducing vulcanized rubber is provided. The method comprises the steps of heating the rubber, wherein the rubber includes synthetic rubber, in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent includes water to a temperature below a critical temperature of ... | 01/23/2007 |
