Chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate by microwave irradiation

    公开(公告)号:US11479651B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17087932

    申请日:2020-11-03

    发明人: Matthew Parrott

    摘要: A process for chemically recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which utilizes a microwave absorber to optimize glycolytic depolymerization of PET via microwave irradiation. The method of chemically degrading PET to its reactive intermediate, bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET), is carried out by: (a) combining PET with ethylene glycol and a catalytic system comprising a catalyst and a microwave absorber to produce a heterogeneous reaction mixture; and then (b) heating by microwave irradiating the reaction mixture to a temperature sufficient to produce a reaction product comprising BHET. The BHET monomer then can be purified and re-polymerized to form new, virgin PET.

    Method for manufacturing terephthalate-based composition comprising applying pressure

    公开(公告)号:US11407706B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US17273279

    申请日:2019-09-18

    申请人: LG CHEM, LTD.

    摘要: Provided is a method for manufacturing a terephthalate-based composition, the method comprising: a step (S1) of flowing in a dialkyl terephthalate in which alkyl has 7 to 10 carbon atoms and a primary alcohol with a low boiling point having 4 or 5 carbon atoms into a reactor and performing transesterification of the dialkyl terephthalate and the primary alcohol with a low boiling point; and a step (S2) of extracting in a reduced pressure an unreacted material and a by-product from the reactor after finishing the transesterification, wherein the step S1 comprises a pressure-applying step in which the pressure of the reactor is 1.5 to 2.5 bar.

    Chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate by microwave irradiation

    公开(公告)号:US10858493B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US16662168

    申请日:2019-10-24

    发明人: Matthew Parrott

    摘要: A process for chemically recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which utilizes a microwave absorber to optimize glycolytic depolymerization of PET via microwave irradiation. The method of chemically degrading PET to its reactive intermediate, bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET), is carried out by: (a) combining PET with ethylene glycol and a catalytic system comprising a catalyst and a microwave absorber to produce a heterogeneous reaction mixture; and then (b) heating by microwave irradiating the reaction mixture to a temperature sufficient to produce a reaction product comprising BHET. The BHET monomer then can be purified and re-polymerized to form new, virgin PET.