Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Yoshimasa Kawami

Yuji Kaihara

Shizuo Yasuda

Hirotoshi Horizoe

Hiroshi Nagai

Takeshi Amari

Yasumasa Matsukawa

Jun Sato

Yoshihito Shimizu

This invention provides a method for reclaiming oil from waste plastic in such a way that thermosetting resins and solid foreign matter in the plastic will not pose a problem. This method greatly reduces the burden of presorting the garbage or industrial waste. To achieve this objective when oil is to be reclaimed from a waste plastic containing chlorine compounds, such as vinyl chloride, the plastic must first be stripped of chlorine. Prior to pyrolysis, while being conveyed forward in a continuous stream, the plastic is mixed with heated sand and/or an additive agent to raise its temperature to 250-350&deg; C. This creates a product which is comprised of a mixture of sand and substantially dechlorinated plastic. The product is mixed with heated sand to heat it directly to a temperature of 350-500&deg; C. It is maintained at this temperature until pyrolysis occurs. In order to obtain high-quality oil with a low boiling point, a first gas/liquid separation process separates the product obtained from the aforesaid pyrolysis into liquid high-boiling point oil, gaseous low-boiling point oil and low molecular-weight gases, and recirculates the liquid high-boiling point oil to the pyrolysis process, and a second gas/liquid separation process separates the gaseous low-boiling point oil and low molecular-weight gases into liquid low-boiling point oil and low molecular-weight gases. The first and second gas/liquid separation process are connected in sequence.

Method and apparatus for reclaiming oil from waste plastic

Method and apparatus for producing superheated steam using heat from the

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Yokohama, Japan

Yoshimasa Kawami