ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,539, issued on May 27.
"Reaction vessel for liquid phase catalytic pyrolysis of polymers" was invented by Vance E. McClure (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved reactor vessel for processing (recycling and upcycling) of plastics includes a shear plate assembly disposed on a rotatable shaft concentrically disposed within a cylindrical reactor vessel. The shear plates are spaced from the vessel wall to generate a predetermined strain rate between the shear plate and the inner wall via Couette flow, enhancing efficiency of the reaction."
The patent was filed on April 7, 2021, under Application No. 17/91...