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US 2024/0182793 A1Published application
System for the energy-efficient transformation of mixed plastic waste into hydrocarbons, method for the energy-efficient transformation of mixed plastic waste into hydrocarbons, hydrocarbons, and uses thereof
AssigneeValoren Recuperadora De Residuos Ltda.
InventorsCarlos MATHIAS ALOYSIUS BECKER NETO, Ferdinando DEMARCHI NETO
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and to a method for the energy-efficient transformation of mixed plastic waste into hydrocarbons in liquid, paste, solid and gas form for use in products in the value chain of the circular economy for plastic.
Claims49
A system for energy-efficient transformation of various plastic waste into hydrocarbons comprising:
- a feeding module;
- a reaction module;
- a condensation/separation module;
- an exhaust/waste r-gas module;
- and
- a discharge module;
- wherein the feeding module comprises:
- material preparation system (1);
- storage silo (2);
- feeder and dosing screw (3);
- solid flow meter (33);
- catalyst doser (36);
- compactor (4);
- melting screw (5);
- heat exchanger (6);
- melting screw fan (19);
- wherein the reaction module comprises:
- main reactor (7);
- level meter (34);
- burner and furnace (18);
- reflux tower (8);
- reflux fan (22);
- heat exchanger (26);
- wherein the condensation/separation module comprises:
- catalysis tower (9);
- condensation system (10);
- heat exchangers (11a and 11b);
- water cooling tower (23);
- general cooling system pump (30);
- chiller (31);
- cooling system pump (32);
- wherein the exhaust/waste r-gas module comprises:
- gas washer (bubbler) (12);
- low pressure compressor (13);
- recuperative heat exchanger (14);
- synthesis gas tanks (waste r-gas) (16);
- LPG tanks (17);
- electrical energy generator (24);
- flare (25);
- wherein the discharge module comprises:
- discharge control valve (35);
- roasting reactor (15);
- roasting reactor burner and furnace (20);
- catalysis tower fan (21);
- roasting reactor removal screw (27);
- carbon ash cooler (28);
- sealing screw (29).
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