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US 2024/0360367 A1Published application
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 cracking unit; and cracking at least a portion of the bio waste stream to form cracked products that comprise a cracked product stream.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- providing bio waste stream wherein the bio waste stream comprises at least one bio waste including soapstock;
- introducing the bio waste effluent stream into a fluidized catalytic cracking unit;
- contacting the bio waste with a catalyst in the fluidized catalytic cracking 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 bio waste stream comprising a fatty acid;
- introducing the biowaste stream into an esterification unit;
- reacting at least a portion of the fatty acid in the biowaste stream with an alcohol to produce an esterified biowaste stream comprising esterified products corresponding to the fatty acid;
- introducing the esterified biowaste stream into a fluidized catalytic cracking unit;
- contacting the esterified biowaste stream with a catalyst in the fluidized catalytic cracking unit;
- and
- cracking at least a portion of the esterified biowaste stream to form cracked products that comprise a cracked product stream.
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A system comprising:
- a bio-waste stream comprising soapstock;
- and
- a fluidized catalytic cracking unit,
- wherein the bio-waste stream is fluidically coupled to the fluidized catalytic cracking unit and wherein the fluidized catalytic cracking unit is configured to crack at least a portion of the bio-waste stream to form cracked products that comprise a cracked product stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.