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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
West Virginia University Board of Governors on Behalf of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Jianli Hu, Morgantown, WV (US);
Yuxin Wang, Morgantown, WV (US);
West Virginia University Board of Governors on Behalf of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a method for converting waste plastics into value-added products, the method including the steps of (a) contacting the waste plastics with a catalyst to form a reaction mixture and (b) applying microwave irradiation to the reaction mixture. In another aspect, disclosed herein are value-added products including, but not limited to, aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons produced by the process disclosed herein. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.