ENGINEERED FEED PROCESS IN CATALYTIC CRACKING, SIMULTANEUS RADICALIZATION OF HYDROGEN GAS AIDED BY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES TO CONVERT NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC HYDROCARBON WASTE INTO GASOLINE AND GAS OIL

Abstract

A method and process of producing gasoline and diesel from hydrocarbon wastes, by gradually heating the hydrocarbon waste in a reducing atmosphere, up to 550° C. During the heating process and at various temperature points long chains of hydrocarbon are broken down into smaller hydrocarbon chains. During the heating process radical hydrogen gas is introduced to the reactor where the radical hydrogen gas reacts with smaller hydrocarbon chains to produce 45% coke petroleum oil, 45% liquid hydrocarbons composed of gasoline and gasoil and 10% gases including methane, ethane, propane and steam. The radicalized hydrogen atoms are produced at low temperatures and atmospheric pressure. Hydrogen gas is produced by dissolving aluminum scraps are dissolved in s sodium hydroxide solution in a reactor. As hydrogen gas is produced the reactor is heated to 120° C. in the presence of electromagnetic waves causing the breakdown of hydrogen gas into hydrogen gas radicals.

Claims

1. A process of producing gasoline and diesel from hydrocarbon wastes comprising: placing hydrocarbon waste in a reactor; injecting the reactor chamber with an inert gas; heating the reactor up to 550° C.; injecting hydrogen gas radicals into the chamber.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein the inert gas is Nitrogen.

3. The process of claim 1, wherein the hydrogen gas is heated from 100° C.-120° C.

4. A process of producing hydrogen gas radicals comprising: dissolving aluminum scraps in a sodium hydroxide solution into an aqueous mixture within a reactor; heating the sodium hydroxide and aluminum mixture up to 120° C. during which hydrogen gas is released into the reactor; the application of electromagnetic waves into the reactor for radicalizing the hydrogen gas into hydrogen radicals and for the purpose of stabilizing the hydrogen radicals.

5. (canceled)

6. The process of claim 4, wherein the concentration of sodium hydroxide is 4M.

7. The process of claim 4, wherein the wavelength of the electromagnetic waves is 2.45 GHz for the radicalization process of hydrogen gas and stabilization of hydrogen radicals.

8. (canceled)

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] A person skilled in the art would appreciate that these figures are provided for the purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to act as limits of the present disclosure.

[0015] FIG. 1 is a flowchart according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure demonstrating the process by which waste is processed.

[0016] FIG. 2 is a flowchart according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure demonstrating the making of hydrogen radical gas.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0017] The following description is not to be interpreted or applied in a limiting sense, but as an illustration of the general principles and aspects of the invention. The breadth and scope of the present inventions are set forth by the claims. Various inventive features are described below that can each be used independently of one another or in combination with other disclosed and undisclosed features.

[0018] FIG. 1, illustrates an exemplary process of turning hydrocarbon waste (100) into 45% petroleum coke oil (106), 45% liquid consisting of gasoline and gasoil (107), and 10% gases (108). Hydrocarbon waste including municipal and industrial waste, is placed into a reactor (100). To remove excess moisture and oxygen from the reactor, nitrogen gas is pumped into the reactor (101) to remove moisture and oxygen. Nitrogen at room temperatures and atmospheric pressure is an inert gas, thus any of noble gas can be interchanged with nitrogen, such as helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon and oganesson and any gas that is inert under the present conditions. Following the neutralization process by nitrogen (101) the reactor is then heated gradually up to at least 550° C. (102) in an oxygen and water devoid environment. The breakdown of hydrocarbons begins at 120° C. for less complex hydrocarbons and continues until 550° C. for more complex hydrocarbons. The reactor is covered with a ceramic jacket to evenly distribute heat around the reactor. As the temperature rises in the reactor the “cracking” process takes place breaking long hydrocarbon chains into smaller hydrocarbon chains (103). As the cracking process begins at 120° C. and continues to 550° C., hydrogen gas radicals are pumped into the reactor (104) where hydrogen radicals react with the “broken” hydrocarbons in a process called hydrocarbon sealing which occurs starting at 120° C. and up to 550° C. (105(1)) to create shorter hydrocarbon chains and react with free sulfur to create Hydrogen Sulfide (H.sub.25) (105(2)) a gas removing sulfur and preventing sulfur from bonding with the hydrocarbon chains.

[0019] The heating of hydrocarbon waste in the presence of hydrogen gas radicals results in 45% Petroleum Coke oil (106), 45% liquid hydrocarbons including gasoline and gas oil (107) and 10% gases (108). Petroleum Coke oil (106) can be burned in a conventional coal fired power station. High grade petroleum coke which is low in sulfur and heavy metals can be used to make electrodes for the steel and aluminum industry. The produced liquid hydrocarbons such as gasoline oil and gas oil can be used as a source of energy and fuel.

[0020] FIG. 2, demonstrates an exemplary process of making hydrogen gas radicals at low temperatures and atmospheric pressure with the aid of electromagnetic waves. Aluminum scraps are placed in liquid sodium hydroxide (201) usually in a reactor and as aluminum dissolves in the sodium hydroxide solution hydrogen gas is emitted (202). The preferrable concentration of sodium hydroxide is 4M with the highest noted dissolution efficiency, however, regardless of the concentration of NaOH the reaction moves forward at various concentrations with varying efficiencies. The reaction between aluminum and sodium hydroxide (201) is exothermic and does not require the addition of heat or a catalyst to move the reaction forward.

[0021] To convert hydrogen gas into radicalized hydrogen gas, the chamber or reactor is heated up to 100° C.-120° C. (203) and exposed to ultraviolet light around 2.45 GHz (204). The wavelength of the ultraviolet light is subject to change and proportional to the dimensions and design of the reactor, the material of the reactor, the volume of hydrogen gas, the flow rate of the hydrogen gas and if there are possible wave interferences. The exposure of Hydrogen molecules to ultraviolet light catalyzes the radicalization process and further maintains the hydrogen radical atoms in a radicalized state for a longer period of time. As the radicalized hydrogen atoms are produced (205) the hydrogen gas radicals are fed into the reactor (104) where hydrocarbon cracking is taking place. This simultaneous process occurs generally for over 6 hours until all the hydrocarbon waste has been processed.

[0022] The byproduct of dissolving aluminum scraps in sodium hydroxide, is sodium aluminate (206). Sodium Aluminate is a white powdery product and is used as a source of aluminum across industries.

[0023] A person of skill in the art of the present invention would appreciate that this devise is superior to other methods of hydrocarbon waste disposal. The main advantages of this invention among others are that, first, the process recycles both aluminum waste and hydrocarbon waste into useful final products and second, the process of both hydrogen radical gas formation and recycling of hydrocarbon waste occurs almost entirely at atmospheric pressure (1 atm) and low temperatures making this process easier, safer and more cost effective.

[0024] While the foregoing written description of the invention enables one of ordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be the best mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand and appreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents of the specific embodiment, method, and examples herein. The invention should therefore not be limited by the above-described embodiment, method, and examples, but by all embodiments and methods within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.