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Processing for producing hydrocarbon oils from plastic waste

US4851601A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 19, 1988
Grant dateJul 25, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G51/04
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Plastic scrap, especially of polyolefin plastics, is converted to low pour point oils by thermal cracking in the liquid phase followed by catalytic conversion of the vaporous cracking products over an intermediate pore size zeolite such as ZSM-5.

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