creator Stapp, Paul R. The present invention is directed to a method for converting municipal waste containing plastics to a high quality synthetic crude oil which can be separated by fractionation into gasoline, diesel fuel and gas oils suitable as a feedstock to a catalytic cracker. The presence of cellulosic and proteinaceous waste materials in the municipal waste does not inhibit the process of the invention for converting the municipal waste into a synthetic crude oil. The process generally includes the steps of heating the municipal waste in a reaction gas, of a mixture of hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen or hydrogen at moderate temperatures and pressures. Submitted by Aric Ahrens (ahrens@iit.edu) on 2011-12-06T19:50:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 5158982.pdf: 171718 bytes, checksum: c21f23c5bf1f1b40d84ddc82b4326470 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-12-06T19:50:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5158982.pdf: 171718 bytes, checksum: c21f23c5bf1f1b40d84ddc82b4326470 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992-10-27 IIT Research Institute 2009-05-08 1992-10-27 5,158,982 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2381 en United States Patent Patent reformatted digital application/pdf No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Open Access