Global Patent Index - EP 0879273 B1

EP 0879273 B1 20030402 - PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTE OILS

Title (en)

PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTE OILS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR AUFARBEITUNG VON ALTÖL

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR LE TRAITEMENT DES HUILES USEES

Publication

EP 0879273 B1 20030402 (EN)

Application

EP 97900905 A 19970124

Priority

  • CA 9700053 W 19970124
  • US 59247896 A 19960126

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9727273A1] The present invention is directed to a process and apparatus for the reclaiming and re-refining of waste oils. The process comprises raising a temperature of a feed mixture of fresh waste oil and a recycled non-volatile residue to a range of 400 DEG C to 490 DEG C for a time sufficient to cause pyrolysis of said heavy hydrocarbons contained in the feed mixture, but insufficient to permit substantial undesired polymerization, oxidation and dehydrogenation reactions to take place in said feed mixture; cooling the resulting pyrolized waste oil mixture to a temperature in the range of 300 DEG C to 425 DEG C, and maintaining said temperature while allowing volatile components in the pyrolyzed waste oil mixture to evaporate, leaving a non-volatile residue containing said contaminants; condensing the evaporated volatile components to form a reclaimed oil product; and mixing the non-volatile residue with fresh waste oil to form more of said feed mixture and repeating said temperature raising, cooling, evaporation and mixing steps on a continuous basis, while continuing to condense volatile components evaporated from said pyrolyzed waste oil mixture. The apparatus comprises a heating unit, a container, a condenser and pumping equipment and piping. The process and apparatus of the present invention generate #2 diesel fuel, gasoline and coke from waste oil.

IPC 1-7

C10M 175/00; C10G 9/00

IPC 8 full level

B09B 3/00 (2006.01); C10B 57/04 (2006.01); C10G 7/00 (2006.01); C10G 9/00 (2006.01); C10G 51/02 (2006.01); C10M 175/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

C10G 9/00 (2013.01 - KR); C10M 175/00 (2013.01 - KR); C10M 175/0025 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9727273 A1 19970731; AT E236239 T1 20030415; AU 1433797 A 19970820; AU 719165 B2 20000504; BR 9707470 A 20000104; CA 2242742 A1 19970731; CA 2242742 C 20050614; CN 1074454 C 20011107; CN 1214720 A 19990421; DE 69720427 D1 20030508; EA 000667 B1 20000228; EA 199800657 A1 19990225; EP 0879273 A1 19981125; EP 0879273 B1 20030402; HK 1019616 A1 20000218; IL 125496 A0 19990312; IL 125496 A 20010520; JP 2000503336 A 20000321; KR 19990082068 A 19991115; NO 983434 D0 19980724; NO 983434 L 19980921

DOCDB simple family (application)

CA 9700053 W 19970124; AT 97900905 T 19970124; AU 1433797 A 19970124; BR 9707470 A 19970124; CA 2242742 A 19970124; CN 97193273 A 19970124; DE 69720427 T 19970124; EA 199800657 A 19970124; EP 97900905 A 19970124; HK 99104654 A 19991020; IL 12549697 A 19970124; JP 52638097 A 19970124; KR 19980705790 A 19980725; NO 983434 A 19980724