Y02P30/40

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A RESIDUAL GAS IN A FLUIDISED BED CATALYTIC CRACKING PLANT (FCC)
20230023477 · 2023-01-26 ·

A process for separating carbon dioxide from a waste gas of a fluid catalytic cracking installation including converting at least a portion of the carbon monoxide of the waste gas into carbon dioxide to form a flow enriched in carbon dioxide, separating at least a portion of the flow enriched in carbon dioxide to form a gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen and a gas rich in nitrogen and depleted in carbon dioxide, and at least a portion of the gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen is separated by way of separation at a temperature of less than 0° C. to form a fluid rich in carbon dioxide and a fluid depleted in carbon dioxide and sending a gas containing at least 90% oxygen to combustion.

Pyrolysis Product Compression using CO2 Loop
20230027105 · 2023-01-26 ·

Processes, systems, and apparatus are provided for producing a compressed process gas comprising light olefin such as ethylene. The process utilizes a pyrolysis reactor to produce the process gas. A power generator utilizes a turbine operated based on an Allam cycle to produce shaft power for operating one or more compressors involved in processing of the process gas while producing a reduced or minimized amount of CO.sub.2 that is released as a low-pressure gas phase product. Examples of using the shaft power for processing of the process gas can include compressing the process gas a process gas compressor powered by the produced shaft power and cooling the process gas using a refrigeration compressor powered by the produced shaft power.

METHODS FOR REDUCING FORMATION OF CARBON DISULFIDE IN STEAM CRACKING PROCESSES TO PRODUCE OLEFINS

Methods for producing olefins through hydrocarbon steam cracking include passing a hydrocarbon feed that includes one or more hydrocarbons to a hydrocarbon cracking unit and passing one or more sulfur-containing compounds to the hydrocarbon cracking unit. The sulfur- containing compounds include at least hydrogen sulfide gas, and a flow rate of the sulfur- containing compounds to the hydrocarbon cracking unit is sufficient to produce a molar concentration of elemental sulfur in the hydrocarbon cracking unit of from 10 ppm to 200 ppm. The methods include cracking the hydrocarbon feed in the hydrocarbon cracking unit to produce a cracker effluent and contacting the cracker effluent with a quench fluid in a quench unit to produce at least a cracked gas and a first pygas. The first pygas has a concentration of carbon disulfide less than 50 ppmw based on the total mass flow rate of the first pygas.

CIRCULAR CHEMICALS OR POLYMERS FROM PYROLYZED PLASTIC WASTE AND THE USE OF MASS BALANCE ACCOUNTING TO ALLOW FOR CREDITING THE RESULTANT PRODUCTS AS CIRCULAR

This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.

PROCESSES FOR FRACTIONATING A GASEOUS MATERIAL WITH A FACILITATED TRANSPORT MEMBRANE
20230219869 · 2023-07-13 ·

There is provided a process for producing a target material-enriched product from a target material-comprising gaseous feed material, wherein the target material-comprising gaseous feed material includes a carrier agent-interacting material, comprising: treating the target material-comprising gaseous feed material for effecting depletion of the carrier agent-interacting material within the target material-comprising gaseous feed material, with effect that a carrier agent-interacting material-depleted gaseous material is produced; and fractionating the carrier agent-interacting material-depleted gaseous material via a membrane, with effect that a product is obtained that is enriched in the target material relative to the target material-comprising gaseous feed material. The membrane includes a carrier agent to which the carrier agent-interacting agent is detrimental in response to emplacement of the carrier agent-interacting agent in mass transfer communication with the carrier agent.

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHYLENE HOMO- AND COPOLYMERS
20230212337 · 2023-07-06 ·

It is provided a process for producing an ethylene copolymer comprising compressing ethylene monomer at a certain pressure; adding a fresh comonomer in liquid form and, optionally, a fresh modifier in liquid form at a certain pressure to the compressed ethylene monomer; introducing the resulting compressed mixture into an autoclave reactor having a first reaction zone and at least one more reaction zone, the first reaction zone having a volume that is greater than 50% of the total reactor volume, and, optionally, at least one additional reactor; adding at least one free radical initiator in order to start a polymerization reaction; and separating the ethylene copolymer from the reaction mixture; wherein all the compressed ethylene monomer or the compressed mixture are introduced into the first reaction zone of the autoclave reactor, and wherein the compressed mixture is introduced into the autoclave reactor and, optionally, into the at least one additional reactor at a temperature from −20° C. to 70° C.

Methods for Converting C2+ Olefins to Higher Carbon Number Olefins Useful in Producing Isoparaffinic Distillate Compositions
20230212092 · 2023-07-06 ·

A nonlimiting example method for producing a diesel boiling range composition comprises: oligomerizing an ethylene stream to a C4+ olefin stream in a first olefin oligomerization unit, wherein the C4+ olefin stream contains no greater than 10 wt% of methane, ethylene, and ethane combined in a first oligomerization; and wherein the ethylene stream contains at least 50 wt% ethylene, at least 2000 wppm ethane, no greater than 1000 wppm of methane, and no greater than 20 wppm each of carbon monoxide and hydrogen; oligomerizing the C4+ olefin stream and a propylene/C4+ olefin stream in a second oligomerization unit to produce an isoolefinic stream; wherein at least a portion of the isoolefinic stream is used to create the diesel boiling range composition.

Methods to produce zeolites with the GME topology and compositions derived therefrom

The present disclosure is directed to microporous crystalline aluminosilicate structures with GME topologies having pores containing organic structure directing agents (OSDAs) comprising at least one piperidinium cation, the compositions useful for making these structures, and methods of using these structures. In some embodiments, the crystalline zeolite structures have a molar ratio of Si:Al that is greater than 3.5.

Method for preparing ZSM-5 zeolite

The present invention relates to a method for preparing ZSM-5 zeolite. The present invention can provide a method for preparing ZSM-5 zeolite comprising the steps of: preparing a first solution in a solution state by heating a mixture comprising a silica source, an alumina source, a neutralizing agent and a crystalline ZSM-5 nucleus; preparing a reaction mother liquid by mixing a second solution comprising salts into the first solution; and continuously crystallizing by continuously supplying the reaction mother liquid to a hydrothermal synthesis reactor, wherein formula [1] below is satisfied.
0.20≤W.sub.a/W.sub.b≤0.40  Formula [1]

Process and apparatus for separating carbon dioxide from a waste gas of a fluid bed catalytic cracking (FCC) installation

In a process for separating carbon dioxide from a waste gas (3) of a fluid bed catalytic cracking installation (1) containing carbon dioxide, nitrogen and possibly carbon monoxide, the waste gas (3) is separated by adsorption to form a gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen (29) and a gas rich in nitrogen and depleted in carbon dioxide (31), and at least a portion of the gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen is separated in a separation device (30) by way of separation at a temperature of less than 0° C. by partial condensation and/or by distillation to form a fluid rich in carbon dioxide (35) and a fluid depleted in carbon dioxide (37).