PROCESS FOR DEGRADING COMPLEX HYDROCARBONS TO PRODUCE SIMPLER HYDROCARBONS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for recovering short chain hydrocarbons from long chain hydrocarbons 30 such as plastic, shale shale, or tar sand. The method heats the plastic, nanny shale, or tar sand 30 in an environment free of oxygen, preferably under partial vacuum 20, and the chemistry between the atoms making up the plastic, nanny shale, or tar sand. A method of producing short chain hydrocarbons 62 useful as fuels by irradiating light of wavelengths that excite and break bonds.