Conversion of polymer containing materials to petroleum products
AssigneePK Clean Technologies Inc.
InventorsPriyanka Bakaya, Benjamin Ralph Coates
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Abstract
Systems and methods achieve the conversion of polymer containing material into petroleum products such as hydrocarbon gas, wax, crude oil and diesel. The reactor and its system are designed to subject the polymer containing material to pyrolysis in a way that results in a higher petroleum product yield than conventional existing systems. The system has controls which allow for the heating temperature, rotation of the body, and throughput rate, to be adjusted depending on the reaction time required for the material inside the reactor. The condensing system is able to separate the products into the desired petroleum products by percentage output ranging from wax to crude-like oil to diesel-quality oil.
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An apparatus to convert polymer containing materials into petroleum products, the apparatus comprises:
- a generally horizontal reactor body that has an inlet at the first end, at least one outlet at the other end and which is sealed on both ends, wherein the cylindrical body is inclined up to 30% from the inlet to the outlet;
- a controller configured to adjust the revolutions per minute of the cylindrical body depending on the reaction needs;
- a heating source disposed adjacent to the reactor body to apply external heating along one or more sides of the reactor body between the inlet and the outlet;
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- one or more internal scrapers disposed inside of the cylindrical body, wherein each scraper is configured to promote directional movement of materials within the cylindrical body.
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A method comprising:
- heating streams of feedstock of polymer containing materials prior to delivery into a reactor body;
- applying heat from an external heat source to the reactor body to heat an interior of the reactor body;
- subjecting the heated streams of feedstock to pyrolysis in the heated reactor body
- rotating one or more internal rotating augers within the interior of the reactor body, wherein the one or more internal augers are disposed to promote directional movement of materials within the reactor body in the direction of the inlet or the outlet:
- outputting reacted feedstock from the outlet of the reactor body;
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- putting the reacted feedstock through a condensing system to convert the reacted feedstock into petroleum products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.