A method/system, which can be modified from the Flexicoking process/system, includes introducing a heavy petroleum feed into a fluidized bed in a reactor and converting the feed via a coking operation within the fluidized bed, producing an overhead stream with entrained coke fines from the reactor overhead and solid coke from the base of the reactor. The method includes injecting the solid coke into a fluidized bed in a burner and combusting the solid coke in the burner, producing hot coke particles. The method includes recirculating a portion of the hot coke particles to the fluidized bed in the reactor, discharging the remainder of the hot coke particles from the base of the burner and a flue gas from the burner overhead, and passing the flue gas and a caustic dispersion to a venturi scrubber to obtain a scrubbed flue gas. More petroleum coke can be produced from the method/system.

A method/system, which can be modified from the Flexicoking process/system, includes introducing a heavy petroleum feed into a fluidized bed in a reactor and converting the feed via a coking operation within the fluidized bed, producing an overhead stream with entrained coke fines from the reactor overhead and solid coke from the base of the reactor. The method includes injecting the solid coke into a fluidized bed in a burner and combusting the solid coke in the burner, producing hot coke particles. The method includes recirculating a portion of the hot coke particles to the fluidized bed in the reactor, discharging the remainder of the hot coke particles from the base of the burner and a flue gas from the burner overhead, and passing the flue gas and a caustic dispersion to a venturi scrubber to obtain a scrubbed flue gas. More petroleum coke can be produced from the method/system.

Systems and methods are provided for chemical recycling of artificial turf, including, in one embodiment, a method comprising: providing a turf feed comprising a sized carpet composition; and cracking at least the turf feed to produce at least a cracking product comprising hydrocarbons.

Systems and methods are provided for chemical recycling of artificial turf, including, in one embodiment, a method comprising: providing a turf feed comprising a sized carpet composition; and cracking at least the turf feed to produce at least a cracking product comprising hydrocarbons.

Processes for upgrading a hydrocarbon-containing feed. The feed and a first particle stream can be contacted under pyrolysis conditions to effect pyrolysis of the feed to produce a pyrolysis effluent that can include olefins and the particles, where coke can be formed on the particles. A first gaseous stream and a second particle stream can be obtained from the pyrolysis effluent. At least a portion of the first gaseous stream can be contacted with oligomerization catalyst particles under oligomerization conditions to effect oligomerization of at least a portion of olefins in the first gaseous stream.

Systems and methods are provided for reducing or minimizing the chloride content of products generated during co-processing of a plastic feedstock (such as plastic waste) in a refinery process. The reduction in chloride is achieved by mixing the plastic feedstock with one or more additional feedstocks for co-processing in a mixing and/or holding vessel that is maintained at a dechlorination temperature that allows for decomposition of chlorine from the plastic feedstock to form HCl, while reducing or minimizing other conversion of the plastic feedstock and/or the additional feedstock. A purge gas can be passed through the mixing/holding vessel to remove the evolved HCl from the vessel. Because the dechlorination temperature is selected to reduce or minimize conversion of the feedstocks in the mixture, the amount of carbon-containing products that are removed with the purge gas can be reduced or minimized. The dechlorinated mixture of plastic feedstock and additional feedstock(s) can then be processed in a convenient refinery process, such as a thermal cracking process (e.g., coking, visbreaking, other types of pyrolysis) or a catalytic conversion process (e.g., fluid catalytic cracking).

Systems and methods are provided for integrated pyrolysis and gasification of a biomass feed, either as a separate feed or under co-processing conditions. The integrated pyrolysis and gasification can be performed using any convenient reactor configuration, such as fluidized coking reactor configuration or a fluid catalytic cracking reactor configuration. The biomass feed can initially by pyrolyzed to form liquid products, gas phase products, and char. The char can then be used as the input feed to gasification. In aspects where the biomass feed is co-processed, the biomass can be co-processed with a co-feed that is suitable for processing under fluidized coking conditions or other pyrolysis conditions, such as a conventional fluidized coking feedstock.

The invention relates to an integrated method for thermal conversion and indirect combustion of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock in a redox chemical loop for producing hydrocarbon streams. The heavy hydrocarbon feedstock (1) is brought into contact with inert particles (2) in a thermal conversion zone (100). Thermal conversion in the absence of hydrogen, water vapour and a catalyst produces a first gaseous effluent of hydrocarbon compounds (4) and coke, which effluent is deposited on the inert particles (5). The latter is then burned in a redox chemical loop (200) in the presence of oxygen-carrying solid particles (6). The inert particles thus flow between the thermal conversion zone (100) and a reduction zone (300) of the chemical loop while the oxygen-carrying solid particles flow between the oxidation (400) and reduction zones (300) of the chemical loop.

The invention relates to an integrated method for thermal conversion and indirect combustion of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock in a redox chemical loop for producing hydrocarbon streams. The heavy hydrocarbon feedstock (1) is brought into contact with inert particles (2) in a thermal conversion zone (100). Thermal conversion in the absence of hydrogen, water vapour and a catalyst produces a first gaseous effluent of hydrocarbon compounds (4) and coke, which effluent is deposited on the inert particles (5). The latter is then burned in a redox chemical loop (200) in the presence of oxygen-carrying solid particles (6). The inert particles thus flow between the thermal conversion zone (100) and a reduction zone (300) of the chemical loop while the oxygen-carrying solid particles flow between the oxidation (400) and reduction zones (300) of the chemical loop.

Systems and methods are provided for conversion of polymers (such as plastic waste) to olefins. The systems and methods can include a recycle loop so that a portion of the pyrolysis effluent can be combined with solid plastic feedstock. The input flow to the pyrolysis reactor can correspond to a slurry of plastic particles in recycled effluent or a solution of plastic in recycled effluent.