Patents Assigned to Invitri, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6184427
    Abstract: A process of activated cracking of high molecular organic waste material which includes confining the organic waste material in a reactor space as a mixture with a pulverized electrically conducting material (sensitizer) and/or catalysts and/or “upgrading agents” and treating this mixture by microwave or radio frequency electro-magnetic radiation. Organic waste materials include hydrocarbons or their derivatives, polymers or plastic materials and shredded rubber. The shredded rubber can be the source of the sensitizer and/or catalyst material as it is rich in carbon and other metallic species. This sensitizer can also consist of pulverized coke or pyrolytically carbonized organic feedstock and/or highly dispersed metals and/or other inorganic materials with high dielectric loss which absorb microwave or radio frequency energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Invitri, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Klepfer, Travis W. Honeycutt, Viktor Sharivker, Gulshen Tairova