	US 12,330,345 B2
	Robotic separation of plastics for chemical recycling
Leslaw Mleczko, Dormagen (DE); Yu-Ting Cheng, Pearl River, NY (US); Gregory S. Coil, Pearl River, NY (US); and Harley Freeman, Pearl River, NY (US)
Assigned to Anellotech, Inc., Pearl River, NY (US)
Filed by Anellotech, Inc., Pearl River, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,893.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/125,282, filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184855 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B29B 17/04 (2006.01); B29B 17/02 (2006.01); C08J 11/16 (2006.01); B29B 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC B29B 17/04 (2013.01) [B29B 17/02 (2013.01); C08J 11/16 (2013.01); B29B 2017/001 (2013.01); B29B 2017/022 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0275 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0282 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0496 (2013.01); C08J 2327/06 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method of converting a mixture comprising plastics to olefins, or aromatics, or both, comprising:

a. providing a first mixture comprising the mixture comprising plastics and removing heteroatom containing materials from the feed mixture by use of a robotic mechanical system for removing materials;

b. mechanically and/or thermally processing of the remaining mixture;

c. feeding the mixture to a pyrolysis reactor;

d. pyrolyzing the remaining feed mixture within the reactor in the presence of a catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a raw product mixture comprising one or more olefins, or one or more aromatics, or both.