Patents Assigned to Alcyon S.A.
  • Process for the treatment of used rubber and plastics
    Patent number: 6046370
    Abstract: The process aims treatment of used rubber and plastics such as vehicle tires, car fluff (plastic and rubber residues from shredded automobiles), and RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel). A vacuum pyrolysis of cuttings of said rubber and plastics is made in a reactor to yield a non condensable fraction of combustible gas, oil, and a carbonaceous solid residue. A portion of the carbonaceous solid residue is mechanically mixed in the reactor to the rubber and plastics cuttings before and during pyrolysis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Alcyon S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Affolter, Richard Bovey, Jean-Pierre Vuille