Methods and systems for producing aromatics and light olefins from a mixed plastics stream are described. The method may include feeding a plastic feedstock to a dechlorination operation to melt the plastic feedstock to release HCl and generate a liquid plastic stream; feeding the liquid plastic stream to a pyrolysis reactor, the pyrolysis reactor to generate hydrocarbon vapors; feeding the hydrocarbon vapors to an acid gas removal reactor with a solid inorganic alkali salt disposed within the reaction vessel to remove residual HCl and sulfur-containing compounds from the hydrocarbon vapors to generate a plastic derived oil; and feeding the plastic derived oil to a steam enhanced catalytic cracking reactor to generate a product stream comprising light olefins having a carbon number of C.sub.2-C.sub.4 and aromatics. The associated system for processing mixed plastics into aromatics and light olefins is also described.

The present disclosure relates a method for removing by-products from a gas comprising such by-products, the by-products comprising fluoronitrile compounds and/or fluorocarbon compounds. This method includes contacting the gas with a solid adsorbent phase that comprises a molecular sieve and further comprises at least one transition metal oxide. The present disclosure also relates to a device for removing fluorinated by-products from a gas comprising such fluorinated by-products and to the use of at least one transition metal oxide in a solid adsorbent phase including a molecular sieve for removing by-products from a gas comprising such by-products, the by-products comprising fluoronitrile compounds and/or fluorocarbon compounds.

A pyrolysis method and system are provided that utilizes a multistage dehalogenation method to effectively remove halogen-containing compounds that are present in an initial recycled plastic feedstock. More particularly, the multistage dehalogenation system and process may involve physical sorting the plastic feedstock, melting and separating the feedstock, and subjecting the feedstock a two-stage pyrolysis with intermediate HCl removal.

Lime-based sorbent suitable for use in a flue gas treatment process comprising at least 70 wt. % of Ca(OH).sub.2 and at least 0.2 wt. % to at most 10 wt. % of a first additive selected among the group of hydrogels of natural or synthetic origin, in particular superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) or in the group of cellulose ethers or a combination thereof, premix for use in a manufacturing process of said sorbent, process for manufacturing the sorbent and use of said sorbent in a flue gas treatment process

Process for preparing a catalyst or a trapping mass comprising the following steps: bringing a porous oxide support into contact with a metal salt comprising at least one metal belonging to groups VIB, VIIB, VIIIB, IB or IIB, of which the melting point of said metal salt is between 20° C. and 150° C., for a period of between 5 minutes and 5 hours in order to form a solid mixture, the weight ratio of said metal salt to said porous oxide support being between 0.1 and 1; heating the solid mixture with stirring at a temperature between the melting point of said metal salt and 200° C. and for 5 minutes to 12 hours; calcining the solid obtained in the preceding step at a temperature above 200° C. and below or equal to 1100° C. under an inert atmosphere or under an oxygen-containing atmosphere.

A hydrated lime product exhibiting superior reactivity towards HCl and SO.sub.2 in air pollution control applications. Also disclosed is a method of providing highly reactive hydrated lime and the resultant lime hydrate where an initial lime feed comprising calcium and impurities is first ground to a particle-size distribution with relatively course particles. Smaller particles are then removed from this ground lime and the smaller particles are hydrated and flash dried to form a hydrated lime, which is then milled to a significantly smaller particle size than that of the relatively course particles. The resultant lime hydrate product has available CaOH of greater than 92%, a citric acid reactivity of less than 20 seconds, a BET surface area greater than 18, a D90 less than 10 μm, a D50 less than 4 μm, a D90/D50 less than 3, and a large pore volume of greater than 0.2 BJH.

Dry processes, apparatus, compositions and systems are provided for reducing emissions of sulfur oxides, and sulfur dioxide in particular, and/or HCl and/or Hg in a process employing a combination of a lime-based sorbent, in particular hydrated lime and/or dolomitic hydrated lime, and a sorbent doping agent administered to achieve coverage of a three-dimensional cross section of a passage carrying SO.sub.x and/or HCl and/or Hg-containing gases with a short but effective residence time at a temperature effective to provide significant sulfur dioxide and/or HCl and/or Hg reductions with high rates of reaction and sorbent utilization. The once-through, dry process can advantageously introduce the sorbent and sorbent doping agent dry or preferably as a slurry to enable uniform treatment. Preferred sorbent doping agents include water-soluble or water-dispersible copper and/or iron compositions which can be heated to an active form in situ by the flue gases being treated.

A method for removing a halogen fluoride in a mixed gas by reacting the mixed gas containing a halogen fluoride including bromine or iodine with a removing agent, wherein the removing agent is a chloride, bromide or iodide of potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium and barium. Also disclosed is a quantitative analysis method as well as a quantitative analyzer for a gas component contained in a hydrogen fluoride mixed gas, the method characterized by reacting a mixed gas containing a halogen fluoride and another gas component with a removing agent, thereby removing the halogen fluoride in the mixed gas, further removing produced by-products, and quantitatively analyzing a residual gas by a gas chromatograph.

A granular sorption material including a plurality of porous granules formed by buildup agglomeration for separation, especially absorption, of harmful gases, especially of SO.sub.X and/or HCl, from offgases of thermal processes. The granules containing greater than 80% by weight, and preferably greater than 95% by weight, of Ca(OH).sub.2 and/or CaCO.sub.3 based on the dry mass. The granules having a dry apparent density ρ, determined by means of an apparent density pycnometer, of 0.5 to 1.2 kg/dm.sup.3, preferably 0.7 to 1.1 kg/dm.sup.3, and/or a porosity of 45% to 73% by volume, preferably 55% to 65% by volume, and have especially been increased in porosity. A process for producing the granular sorption material, in which pores are introduced into the granules by means of a porosity agent during the production.

Materials and methods for mitigating the effects of halide species contained in process streams are provided. A halide-containing process stream can be contacted with mitigation materials comprising active metal oxides and a non-acidic high surface area carrier combined with a solid, porous substrate. The halide species in the process stream can be reacted with the mitigation material to produce neutralized halide salts and a process stream that is essentially halide-free. The neutralized salts can be attracted and retained on the solid, porous substrate.