Patent ID: 7847136

Claim:
A method for recovering fractional hydrocarbons from reclaimed plastic materials and/or from oily residues, said reclaimed plastic materials and/or residues being sorted according to type and compacted using a feed system ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) in the absence of air, after which the compacted mass is fed to a melting tank ( 7 ) where the compact mass is heated, so that a separation occurs into a first liquid phase, a first gas phase and a residue fraction, after which the liquid phase and the first gas phase are transported into an evaporation tank ( 20 ) in which a second liquid phase and a second gas phase are formed under continued heat input, whereby the second liquid phase is transferred to a re-heater ( 23 ) and additionally heated there under further heat input so that a third gas phase is formed, after which the second gas phase from the evaporation tank ( 20 ) and the third gas phase from the re-heater ( 23 ) are conveyed to a cracking tower ( 27 ) where further cracking of the long-chained hydrocarbons into short-chained hydrocarbons takes place, and the resulting oil gas is then conveyed to a condenser ( 30 ) in which the oil gas is condensed to form liquid oil, whereby the oil constitutes the target product.