US PATENT SUBCLASS 585 / 240
PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON MIXTURE FROM REFUSE OR VEGETATION


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585 /   HD   CHEMISTRY OF HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS

240PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON MIXTURE FROM REFUSE OR VEGETATION {2}
241  DF  .~> From synthetic resin or rubber
242  DF  .~> From wood


DEFINITION

Classification: 585/240

PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON MIXTURE FROM REFUSE OR VEGETATION:

(under the class definition) Subject matter in which the starting (feed) material of the process is plant material in a chemically unaltered form or is a material which ordinarily would be discarded as of no value, e.g., municipal waste, refinery sludge, etc., is treated to recover therefrom a mixture of hydrocarbons, e.g., a fuel "oil" fraction, etc.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

201, Distillation: Processes Thermolytic, appropriate subclasses for a similar process which produces also a carbon char product.

588, Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment, appropriate subclasses for the destruction of hydrocarbon hazardous or toxic waste.