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 as liquid or supercritical fluid as compared to a gas to effect separation of the oil from the plastic.
- Inventors:
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- Overland Park, KS
- Harrisonville, MO
- Kansas City, MO
- Lee's Summit, MO
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871343
- Patent Number(s):
- 5711820
- Application Number:
- 08/603,009
- Assignee:
- Allied Signal, Inc. (Morristown, NJ)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02W - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00613
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; separate; recover; oil; plastic; contaminated; provides; oils; recyclable; utilizes; solubility; liquid; supercritical; fluid; compared; gas; effect; separation; supercritical fluid; recover oil; effect separation; plastic contaminated; /134/
Citation Formats
Smith, Henry M, Bohnert, George W, Olson, Ronald B, and Hand, Thomas E. Method to separate and recover oil and plastic from plastic contaminated with oil. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Smith, Henry M, Bohnert, George W, Olson, Ronald B, & Hand, Thomas E. Method to separate and recover oil and plastic from plastic contaminated with oil. United States.
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"Method to separate and recover oil and plastic from plastic contaminated with oil". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871343.
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title = {Method to separate and recover oil and plastic from plastic contaminated with oil},
author = {Smith, Henry M and Bohnert, George W and Olson, Ronald B and Hand, Thomas E},
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 as liquid or supercritical fluid as compared to a gas to effect separation of the oil from the plastic.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1998},
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