Patent ID: 8895796

Claim:
A process for converting higher hydrocarbons comprising at least 25 carbon atoms into lower hydrocarbons comprising 2-25 carbon atoms, said process comprising: providing a feedstock comprising at least one solid waste raw material and at least one liquid waste raw material; heating the feedstock into at least one of a liquid and a liquid slurry; providing a first set of catalysts in a thin-film cracking device; passing the liquid or liquid slurry to the thin-film cracking device, wherein a thin film of the liquid or liquid slurry is wiped onto a heat transfer surface and cracked at a temperature in the range of 275° C. to 500° C. to produce a gaseous product, and conveying uncracked residues to a bottom of the thin-film device; restructuring the gaseous product, in the presence of a second set of catalysts, to produce a restructured gaseous product; and condensing the restructured gaseous product to produce a desired end product comprising lower hydrocarbons.