Recycled content triacetin
AssigneeEastman Chemical Company
InventorsKenneth James Flint, Michael Neil Brown, Hannah Grace Moser, Evan Patrick Beaumier
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Abstract
Recycled content triacetin (r-triacetin) is produced using a process and system that applies physical and/or credit-based recycled content from one or more feed materials to triacetin produced from the feed materials.
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A process for producing triacetin having recycled content (r-triacetin), the process comprising:
- (a) carbon reforming a feed comprising waste plastic to thereby produce a recycled content syngas (r-syngas);
- (b) converting at least a portion of the r-syngas to recycled content methanol (r-methanol) via catalytic synthesis;
- (c) producing a recycled content acetic anhydride (r-acetic anhydride) from at least a portion of the r-methanol and a carbon monoxide (CO);
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- (d) acetylating a glycerin with at least a portion of the r-acetic anhydride to thereby provide the r-triacetin.
A process for producing triacetin having recycled content (r-triacetin), the process comprising:
- (a) converting a syngas to a methanol via catalytic synthesis;
- (b) producing an acetic anhydride from at least a portion of the methanol and a carbon monoxide (CO);
- (c) acetylating a glycerin with at least a portion of the acetic anhydride to thereby provide a triacetin;
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- (d) applying recycled content to at least a portion of the triacetin to thereby provide the r-triacetin,
- wherein the applying of step (d) includes (i) attributing recycled content from at least one source material having physical recycled content to at least one target material via recycled content credits, (ii) tracing recycled content along at least one chemical pathway from the at least one target material to the triacetin, and (iii) allocating recycled content to the triacetin based at least in part on the tracing of recycled content along the chemical pathway.
A process for producing triacetin having recycled content (r-triacetin), the process comprising:
- (a) carbon reforming a feed comprising waste plastic to thereby produce a recycled content syngas (r-syngas);
- (b) converting at least a portion of the r-syngas to recycled content methanol (r-methanol) via catalytic synthesis;
- (c) carbonylating at least a portion of the r-methanol with a carbon monoxide (CO) to form recycled content acetic acid (r-acetic acid);
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- (d) esterifying a glycerin with at least a portion of the r-acetic acid to thereby provide the r-triacetin.
A process for producing triacetin having recycled content (r-triacetin), the process comprising:
- (a) carbon reforming a feed comprising waste plastic to thereby produce a recycled content syngas (r-syngas);
- (b) converting at least a portion of the r-syngas to recycled content methanol (r-methanol) via catalytic synthesis;
- (c) producing a recycled content acetic anhydride (r-acetic anhydride) from at least a portion of the r-methanol and a carbon monoxide (CO);
- (d) recovering a recycled content acetic acid (r-acetic acid) from an acetylation with at least a portion of the r-acetic anhydride;
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- (e) esterifying a glycerin with at least a portion of the r-acetic acid to thereby provide the r-triacetin.
A process for producing triacetin having recycled content (r-triacetin), the process comprising:
- (e) converting a syngas to a methanol via catalytic synthesis;
- (f) producing an acetic acid from at least a portion of the methanol and a carbon monoxide (CO);
- (g) esterifying a glycerin with at least a portion of the acetic acid to thereby provide a triacetin;
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- (h) applying recycled content to at least a portion of the triacetin to thereby provide the r-triacetin,
- wherein the applying of step (d) includes (i) attributing recycled content from at least one source material having physical recycled content to at least one target material via recycled content credits, (ii) tracing recycled content along at least one chemical pathway from the at least one target material to the triacetin, and (iii) allocating recycled content to the triacetin based at least in part on the tracing of recycled content along the chemical pathway.
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