Patent ID: 9505901
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B01J,C07C,C08J,Y02P,Y02W

Claim Text:
1. A method of depolymerizing polymers, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing one or more polymer starting materials or polymer feed materials; (ii) providing a reactor to depolymerize the one or more polymer starting materials or polymer feed materials into one or more monomers; (iii) heating the one or more polymer starting materials or polymer feed materials at a rate of from about 10° C./second to about 1000° C./second; and (iv) providing an electromagnetic induction field to facilitate the depolymerization of the one or more polymer starting materials or polymer feed materials into their constituent monomers, wherein the electromagnetic induction field is inductively coupled to a mixing portion of the reactor, wherein the method utilizes one or more catalysts that permit in situ reactions to yield one or more functional monomers.