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.