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Method for catalytically cracking waste plastics and apparatus for catalytically cracking waste plastics

US8350104B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 2011
Grant dateJan 8, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G2300/4006
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

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 produced; the process is simple since dechlorination can be achieved at the same time with catalytically cracking waste plastics in one reaction vessel; and oil fractions can be recovered at 50% or more on a net yield basis. The method for catalytically cracking waste plastics of the present invention has a constitution in which waste plastics are loaded as a raw material into a granular FCC catalyst heated to a temperature range from 350° C. to 500° C. inside a reaction vessel, thereby decomposing and gasifying the waste plastics in contact with the FCC catalyst.

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