Process for the preparation of synthesis gas

US5457250A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Gerhardus · Oberhausen, DE
• Horst Hanke · Wesel, DE
• Josef Hibbel · Oberhausen, DE
• Norbert Leder · Oberhausen, DE
• Klaus Poloszyk · Dorsten, DE
• Heinz Scheve · Oberhausen, DE
• Volkmar Schmidt · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 1994
• Grant date: Oct 10, 1995
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10G1/10
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Plastic wastes are thermally cracked to give primarily liquid products which are transformed into synthesis gas by partial oxidation.