A small engine fuel composition suitable for use in a four-stroke engine, or capable of being blended with a lubricant for use in a two-stroke engine, includes 40% to 50% by volume isooctane, 15% to 25% alkylate feedstock by volume, 5% to 15% by volume of one or more aromatic compounds having from 7 to 8 carbon atoms, 10% to 20% by volume of a first refinery blendstock having a minimum of 98.0 volume percent aromatic compounds and having a flashpoint temperature of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit (known as Aromatic 100), and 5% to 15% by volume of a second refinery blendstock having a minimum of 98.0 volume percent aromatic compounds and having a flashpoint temperature of about 150 degrees Fahrenheit (known as Aromatic 150).

Fuel oil compositions, and methods for blending such fuel oil compositions, to enhance initial compatibility and longer term stability when such fuel oil compositions are blended to meet IMO 2020 low sulfur fuel oil requirements (ISO 8217). In one or more embodiments, asphaltenic resid base stocks are blended with high aromatic slurry oil to facilitate initial compatibility such that low sulfur cutter stocks, e.g., vacuum gas oil and/or cycle oil, may be further blended therein to cut sulfur content while maintaining longer term stability. These fuel oil compositions are economically advantageous when used as marine low sulfur fuel oils because greater concentrations of high viscosity resids are present in the final blend.

There are provided systems and methods for using fuel-rich partial oxidation to produce an end product from waste gases, such as flare gas. In an embodiment, the system and method use air-breathing piston engines and turbine engines for the fuel-rich partial oxidation of the flare gas to form synthesis gas, and reactors to convert the synthesis gas into the end product. In an embodiment the end product is methanol.

Fuel oil compositions, and methods for blending such fuel oil compositions, to enhance initial compatibility and longer term stability when such fuel oil compositions are blended to meet IMO 2020 low sulfur fuel oil requirements (ISO 8217). In one or more embodiments, asphaltenic resid base stocks are blended with high aromatic slurry oil to facilitate initial compatibility such that low sulfur cutter stocks, e.g., vacuum gas oil and/or cycle oil, may be further blended therein to cut sulfur content while maintaining longer term stability. These fuel oil compositions are economically advantageous when used as marine low sulfur fuel oils because greater concentrations of high viscosity resids are present in the final blend.

Method of producing a fuel oil comprising pyrolysis products from waste plastics includes conducting pyrolysis of a plastic feedstock to produce plastic pyrolysis oil; feeding the plastic pyrolysis oil to a first fractionator to separate the plastic pyrolysis oil into a distillate fraction and a topped pyrolysis product fraction split at a boiling point in the range of 80? C. to 250? C.; and feeding the topped pyrolysis product fraction along with other hydrocarbon streams to a fuel oil blending unit to generate a fuel oil product stream. An associated system for preparing a fuel oil comprising pyrolysis products from waste plastics is also provided.

A system for torrefaction of waste material comprising biogenic material and plastic material may comprise a material pre-processing system, a heating and compaction unit, a reactor system comprising a reaction portion and an extrusion portion, and a cutting unit adjacent an outlet of the reactor system. A method for operating a system for torrefaction of waste material comprising biogenic and plastic material may comprise processing the waste material to generate waste material having an aspect ratio between 0.8:1 and 1.2:1 and a largest dimension of less than 4 millimeters (mm); compressing and heating the pre-processed waste material in the heating and compaction unit; heating the compacted waste material in the reactor system to a temperature of 280? C.-500? C.; extruding material from the reactor system; and cutting the extruded material into pellets.

A method for preparing a briquette binder using a landfill leachate and a method for producing an industrial briquette using the briquette binder. The landfill leachate is modified by sulfonation and amination, and is mixed with the modified rice straws to prepare the briquette binder, so as to effectively use the products generated in garbage processing to realize secondary economic benefits in garbage processing. The industrial briquette is produced by the prepared briquette binder, and the industrial briquette is used as steam coal or metallurgical coal with large briquette consumption, so as to promote the resource utilization of the landfill leachate, reduce the cost in preparation of the briquette binder and enhance benefits.

Provided is a method that produces a solid fuel having a relatively high strength from a powder fuel. The method includes: blending a coal-derived powder fuel with a pulverized fuel having a greater mean particle diameter than the coal-derived powder fuel to obtain a mixture; compression-molding the mixture to obtain a solid fuel; and pulverizing a part of the solid fuel, in which the part of the pulverized solid fuel is used as the pulverized fuel in the blending. A blending proportion of the pulverized fuel with respect to the blending mixture is preferably at least 5 mass % and at most 50 mass %. A cohesive fine coal having a superior cohesive property to the coal-derived powder fuel is preferably further blended in the blending. A blending proportion of the cohesive fine coal with respect to the blending mixture is preferably at least 5 mass % and at most 30 mass %.

A process for thermal cracking of a feedstock of plastic materials, in particular waste materials, includes the steps of melting the feedstock, conveying melted feedstock in a pyrolysis chamber where the melted feedstock is heated in a substantially oxygen purged environment, to convert it into pyrolysis gases, the process further comprising the steps of: driving pyrolysis gases from the pyrolysis chamber into a tray reflux column comprising a partial condenser at its upper extremity, returning pyrolysis gases condensed in the tray reflux column into the pyrolysis chamber, distilling pyrolysis gases exiting the partial condenser of the reflux column, to provide one or more fuel products.

Low sulfur fuel oil blend compositions and methods of making such blend compositions to increase the stability and compatibility of LSFO blends having paraffinic resids that are blended with distillates and/or cracked stocks of higher asphaltenes and/or aromatics content. In one or more embodiments, distillates and/or cracked stocks that incrementally reduce the initial aromaticity of the distillate or cracked stock with the highest aromaticity are sequentially blended prior to resid addition. Such incremental reduction and sequential blending have been found to provide a resulting low sulfur fuel oil blend that is both compatible and stable.