Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circular economy for plastic waste to polyethylene via refinery FCC or FCC/alkylation units
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Application No.: US17131910Application Date: 2020-12-23
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Publication No.: US11306253B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Hye-Kyung Timken , Cameron McCord
- Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Ramon
- Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Current Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Ramon
- Agent E. Joseph Gess; Melissa M. Hayworth; Terrence M. Flaherty
- Main IPC: C10B53/07
- IPC: C10B53/07 ; C10G51/04 ; C10G57/02 ; C10G31/06 ; C10G35/02 ; C10G51/02 ; C10G9/36

Abstract:
Provided in one embodiment is a continuous process for converting waste plastic into recycle for polyethylene polymerization. The process comprises selecting waste plastics containing polyethylene and/or polypropylene, and passing the waste plastics through a pyrolysis reactor to thermally crack at least a portion of the polyolefin waste and produce a pyrolyzed effluent. The pyrolyzed effluent is separated into offgas, a pyrolysis oil and optionally wax comprising a naphtha/diesel and heavy fraction, and char. The pyrolysis oil is passed to a refinery FCC unit from which a liquid petroleum gas C3 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction is recovered, as well as a C4 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction. The liquid petroleum gas C3 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction is passed to a steam cracker for ethylene production. The C4 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction is passed to a refinery alkylation unit, from which a n-butane and naphtha feed for a stream cracker to produce ethylene is recovered.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210301209A1 CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR PLASTIC WASTE TO POLYETHYLENE VIA REFINERY FCC OR FCC/ALKYLATION UNITS Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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