Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circular economy for plastic waste to polypropylene via oil refinery with filtering and metal oxide treatment of pyrolysis oil
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Application No.: US17237633Application Date: 2021-04-22
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Publication No.: US11359147B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Hye-Kyung Timken
- 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 ; C10G31/06 ; C10G31/09 ; C10G45/26

Abstract:
Provided in one embodiment is a continuous process for converting waste plastic comprising polyethylene and/or polypropylene into recycle for polypropylene polymerization. The process comprises selecting waste plastics containing polyethylene, polypropylene, or a mixture thereof, 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 comprising a naphtha, diesel and heavy fractions, and char. The pyrolysis oil, or at least a fraction, is passed to a filtration/metal oxide treatment, with the treated product passed to a refinery FCC unit. A liquid petroleum gas C3 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction is recovered from the FCC unit, as well as a C4 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction. The C3 olefin fraction can be passed to a propylene polymerization reactor, and the C3 paraffin passed to a dehydrogenation unit to produce propylene for further polymerization.
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