US Patent Issued to Eastman Chemical on May 27 for "Pyrolysis method and system for recycled waste" (Texas, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,540, issued on May 27, was assigned to Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.).

"Pyrolysis method and system for recycled waste" was invented by Xianchun Wu (Longview, Texas), Daryl Bitting (Longview, Texas), Kenny Randolph Parker (Afton, Tenn.), Michael Gary Polasek (Longview, Texas), David Eugene Slivensky (Tatum, Texas), Carey Dan Ashcroft (Longview, Texas) and Damon Ray Billodeaux (Longview, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pyrolysis method and system are provided that enhances the production of C3 and C4 alkanes in the resulting pyrolysis effluent. More particularly, the disclosed pyrolysis method and system may be configu...