# US 2020/0399541 A1 · Microwave-Based Recovery Of Hydrocarbons And Fossil Fuels

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- Number: US 2020/0399541 A1
- Document ID: US20200399541A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/934,781
- Filed: 2020-07-21
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2005-12-14
- Assignees: Greentech Energy Solutions Ltd.
- Applicants: Greentech Energy Solutions Ltd.
- Inventors: Frank G. Pringle; Carl Everleigh; Julian Forthe
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200399541A1

## CPC

- C10G 1/00: Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil-shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal (mechanical winning of oil from oil-shales, oil-sand, or the like B03B)
- A61B 18/1815: {using microwaves}
- B01J 19/126: {Microwaves}
- B01J 19/1818: {in series}
- B01J 19/1825: {in parallel}
- B01J 19/20: in the form of helices, e.g. screw reactors
- C10G 1/04: by extraction
- C10G 1/10: from rubber or rubber waste
- C10G 15/08: by electric means or by electromagnetic or mechanical vibrations
- H05B 6/802: {for heating fluids (methods of heating fluids in conventional microwave ovens H05B6/687)}
- B01J 2219/00006: Large-scale industrial plants
- B01J 2219/0875: Gas
- B01J 2219/0877: Liquid
- B01J 2219/0879: Solid
- B01J 2219/0884: Gas-liquid
- B01J 2219/0886: Gas-solid
- B01J 2219/089: Liquid-solid
- B01J 2219/1239: Means for feeding and evacuation
- B01J 2219/1275: Controlling the microwave irradiation variables
- C10G: CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION (cracking to hydrogen or synthesis gas C01B; cracking or pyrolysis of hydrocarbon gases to individual hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof of definite or specified constitution C07C; cracking to cokes C10B); RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- B01J: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

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 radiation, wherein the microwave radiation is in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for extracting a petroleum-based material from a composite comprising petroleum-based material, comprising:
a microwave radiation generator, wherein said generator is capable of applying microwave radiation characterized as having at least one frequency component in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz; and
at least one container to collect said extracted petroleum-based material.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the microwave radiation generator is capable of applying a microwave radiation frequency of between about 4.0 and about 12.0 GHz.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the microwave radiation generator is capable of applying a microwave radiation frequency of between about 7.9 and about 8.7 GHz.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the microwave radiation generator is capable of applying a sweeping range of microwave radiation frequencies of between about 4.0 and about 12.0 GHz.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the range of frequencies of said radiation is in the C-Band frequency range.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the range of frequencies of said radiation is in the X-Band frequency range.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the range of frequencies of said radiation is in the range of from about 5.8 GHz to about 7.0 GHz.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the frequency of said radiation is in the range of from about 7.9 GHz to about 8.7 GHz.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one chamber for holding said composition.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said chamber is closed to the outside atmosphere.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said chamber is capable of operating at an internal pressure of less than about 40 Torr.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said chamber is capable of operating at an internal pressure of less than about 20 Torr.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said chamber is capable of operating at an internal pressure of less than about 5 Torr.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a temperature detector for said composite.