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US 12,091,617 B2Granted
Upgrading bio-waste in FCC
AssigneeExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
InventorsXiaochun Xu, Dario Campani, Hyung Rae Kim
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Abstract
A method may include: providing bio waste stream wherein the bio waste stream comprises at least one bio waste selected from the group consisting of palm oil mill effluent, soapstock, and combinations thereof; introducing the bio waste effluent stream into a fluidized catalytic cracking unit; contacting the bio waste with a catalyst in the fluidized catalytic cacking unit; and cracking at least a portion of the bio waste stream to form cracked products that comprise a cracked product stream.
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A method comprising:
- providing a bio waste stream, wherein the bio waste stream comprises at least one bio waste including palm oil mill effluent, and wherein the palm oil mill effluent stream comprises fatty acid;
- introducing the palm oil mill effluent stream into an esterification unit;
- reacting at least a portion of the fatty acid in the palm oil mill effluent stream with an alcohol to produce an esterified palm oil mill effluent stream;
- introducing the bio waste effluent stream with the esterified palm oil mill effluent stream into a fluidized catalytic cracking unit;
- contacting the bio waste effluent stream with the esterified palm oil mill effluent stream with a catalyst in the fluidized catalytic cracking unit;
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- cracking at least a portion of the bio waste effluent stream with the esterified palm oil mill effluent stream to form cracked products that comprise a cracked product stream.
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