Apparatus for depolymerizing hydrocarbon-based material

Abstract

An apparatus for depolymerizing a hydrocarbon-based material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a supply unit configured to supply a liquid hydrocarbon, a plasma generation unit configured to generate plasma for supplying thermal energy to the hydrocarbon in the supply unit, a reaction unit provided between the supply unit and the plasma generation unit and configured to convert the liquid hydrocarbon, and a separation unit connected to the reaction unit and configured to separate an unreacted hydrocarbon, a liquid product, and a gaseous product of an aromatic compound that is created by conversion in the reaction unit and introduced.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.