US 12,214,358 B1
Systems and methods for drying asphalt shingle waste
James A Svec, Kearny, NJ (US); and Maxwell Everett, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Assigned to BMIC LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by BMIC LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/503,706.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/382,562, filed on Nov. 7, 2022.
Int. Cl. B02C 19/00 (2006.01); B09B 3/50 (2022.01); C08L 95/00 (2006.01); C09D 195/00 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 19/0056 (2013.01) [B09B 3/50 (2022.01); C08L 95/00 (2013.01); C09D 195/00 (2013.01); C08L 2555/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining an asphalt shingle waste;
feeding the asphalt shingle waste at a first temperature to an inlet of a microwave dryer;
exposing the asphalt shingle waste to microwaves emitted by the microwave dryer;
discharging the asphalt shingle waste at a second temperature at an outlet of the microwave dryer,
wherein the second temperature is a temperature of 140° F. or less;
wherein a moisture content of the asphalt shingle waste at the outlet of the microwave dryer is less than a moisture content of the asphalt shingle waste at the inlet of the microwave dryer; and
processing the asphalt shingle waste.