Patent ID: 6046370
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: C10B,C10G,Y02P

Abstract:
A process for the treatment of used rubber and plastics by vacuum pyrolysis of cuttings of said used rubber and plastics in a reactor to yield a non-condensable fraction of combustible gas, oil, and a carbonaceous solid residue, comprising the steps of removing from the reactor after pyrolysis only a part of said carbonaceous solid residue, wherein pyrolysis of the rubber and plastics cuttings is made by batches of said rubber and plastics cuttings loaded successively into the reactor, with each batch loaded into the reactor being mechanically mixed in the reactor before and during pyrolysis thereof to said carbonaceous solid residue remaining in the reactor as a result of said part removing of the carbonaceous solid residue after pyrolysis of a previous batch.