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US 12,296,504 · App. 18/660,732 · Granted May 13, 2025

Pyrolysis method of waste plastics using batch reactor

Inventors: Sanghwan Jo (Daejeon, KR); Sookil Kang (Daejeon, KR); Jaeheum Jung (Daejeon, KR); Howon Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.; SK Geo Centric Co., Ltd.
B29B17/04B29B2017/0496B29K2105/26
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Patent No.
US 12,296,504
App. No.
18/660,732
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a pyrolysis method of waste plastics including the steps of inputting waste plastics to a batch reactor and performing heating to produce a waste plastic melt at a first temperature; heating the waste plastic melt to remove chlorine from the melt at a second temperature; and heating the waste plastic melt from which chlorine has been removed to produce a pyrolysate at a third temperature. The batch reactor is sequentially heated in a direction from a raw material inlet to a reaction product outlet so that the temperature is raised from the first temperature to the third temperature.

Claims (21)

1. A pyrolysis method of waste plastics, the method comprising:

a) inputting waste plastics to a batch reactor and performing heating to produce a waste plastic melt at a first temperature of 50 to 150° C. for 20 to 300 minutes under an anaerobic atmosphere;

b) heating the waste plastic melt to remove chlorine from the melt at a second temperature of 220 to 300° C. for 120 to 360 minutes under an anaerobic atmosphere; and

c) heating the waste plastic melt from which chlorine has been removed to produce a pyrolysate at a third temperature of 300 to 600° C. under an anaerobic atmosphere,

wherein the batch reactor is sequentially heated in a direction from a raw material inlet to a reaction product outlet so that the temperature is raised from the first temperature to the third temperature.

2. The pyrolysis method of waste plastics of claim 1 , wherein the waste plastics comprise at least one plastic selected from the group consisting of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polystyrene (PS).

3. The pyrolysis method of waste plastics of claim 1 , wherein the waste plastics comprise 7000 ppm or more of chlorine with respect to a total weight.

4. The pyrolysis method of waste plastics of claim 1 , wherein the batch reactor comprises a third area, a second area, and a first area sequentially in a direction from a raw material inlet to a reaction product outlet, and

the process of step a) comprises a process of heating at least a portion of the third area, at least a portion of the second area, and/or at least a portion of the first area to raise the temperature to 50 to 150° C.

5. The pyrolysis method of waste plastics of claim 1 , wherein the batch reactor comprises a third area, a second area, and a first area sequentially in a direction from a raw material inlet to a reaction product outlet, and

the process of step a) comprises:

a1) heating at least a portion of the third area to raise the temperature to 110 to 150° C.;

a2) further heating at least a portion of the second area to raise the temperature to 110 to 150° C., a

a3) further heating at least a portion of the first area to raise the temperature to 110 to 1500° C.

6. The pyrolysis method of waste plastics of claim 1 , wherein in process of step b), a chlorine content in a gas product emitted is 1000 to 3500 ppm.

7. The pyrolysis method of waste plastics of claim 1 , wherein the pyrolysate of the process of step c) comprises 50 to 800 ppm of total chlorine (Cl) and 10 to 550 ppm of organic chlorine with respect to the total weight.

8. A pyrolysis method of waste plastics, the method comprising:

a) heating waste plastics as a recycled feed in a batch reactor to produce a waste plastic melt at a first temperature of 50 to 150° C. for 20 to 300 minutes under an anaerobic atmosphere;

b) heating the waste plastic melt to remove chlorine from the melt at a second temperature of 220 to 300° C. for 120 to 360 minutes under an anaerobic atmosphere; and

c) heating the waste plastic melt from which chlorine has been removed to produce a pyrolysate at a third temperature of 300 to 600° C. under an anaerobic atmosphere,

wherein the batch reactor is sequentially heated in a direction from a raw material inlet to a reaction product outlet so that the temperature is raised from the first temperature to the third temperature.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2026
From: SK GEO CENTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SK INNOVATION CO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 074508/0836 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2024
From: JO, SANGHWAN; KANG, SOOKIL; JUNG, JAEHEUM; LEE, HOWON
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.; SK GEO CENTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067374/0807 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0144394 · Oct 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18040844
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