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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Carbon Fiber Recycling, Llc, Bethel, CT (US);
Inventors:
Douglas D. Griffin, II, Bethel, CT (US);
Joachim Roesler, New Canaan, CT (US);
Assignee:
Carbon Fiber Recycling, LLC, Bethel, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10B 47/30 (2006.01); B29B 17/02 (2006.01); C10B 11/00 (2006.01); C10B 31/02 (2006.01); C10B 53/07 (2006.01); D01F 9/14 (2006.01); D01G 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 17/021 (2013.01); C10B 11/00 (2013.01); C10B 31/02 (2013.01); C10B 47/30 (2013.01); C10B 53/07 (2013.01); D01F 9/14 (2013.01); D01G 11/00 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0234 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0293 (2013.01); D10B 2101/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for obtaining carbon fiber from carbon fiber waste (e.g., pre-preg and CFP waste). The method and apparatus use an oxygen free pyrolytic process to volatilize the epoxy resin or other matrix in which the fibers are held to liberate the fibers therefrom. The reactor has a counterflow such that the carbon fibers are moved in one direction and the off gasses are moved in the opposite direction. A combination of steam at the reactor outlet and vacuum pressure at the reactor inlet create the counter flow.