Method to separate and recover oil and plastic from plastic contaminated with oil
Abstract
The present invention provides a method to separate and recover oils and recyclable plastic from plastic contaminated with oil. The invention utilizes the different solubility of oil in a liquid or supercritical fluid as compared to a gas to effect separation of the oil from the plastic. 3 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Honeywell International Inc
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 570496
- Patent Number(s):
- 5711820
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-603,009
- Assignee:
- Allied Signal, Inc., Morristown, NJ (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00613
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 27 Jan 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; OILS; PLASTICS; MATERIALS RECOVERY; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLUBILITY; SUPERCRITICAL GAS EXTRACTION
Citation Formats
Smith, H M, Bohnert, G W, Olson, R B, and Hand, T E. Method to separate and recover oil and plastic from plastic contaminated with oil. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Smith, H M, Bohnert, G W, Olson, R B, & Hand, T E. Method to separate and recover oil and plastic from plastic contaminated with oil. United States.
Smith, H M, Bohnert, G W, Olson, R B, and Hand, T E. Tue .
"Method to separate and recover oil and plastic from plastic contaminated with oil". United States.
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abstractNote = {The present invention provides a method to separate and recover oils and recyclable plastic from plastic contaminated with oil. The invention utilizes the different solubility of oil in a liquid or supercritical fluid as compared to a gas to effect separation of the oil from the plastic. 3 figs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1998},
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