Methods and systems for co-feeding plastic waste-oil blends into a refinery reactor

A feed system for recycling a post-consumer waste material comprising:

• a plastic feeder for dosing and melting the post-consumer waste material;
• a primary mixer and optionally a secondary mixer,
• wherein
• the primary mixer is for receiving the plastic waste and optionally at least a first portion of fluid oil, and
• the secondary mixer is for receiving the melted plastic waste alone or with the optional first portion of fluid oil from the primary mixer, as well as a remainder of fluid oil to form a homogeneous blend;
• one or more fluid oil inlets for providing a first portion of fluid oil to the primary mixer and/or optionally the remainder of fluid oil to the secondary mixer, wherein the primary mixer and the secondary mixer are configured to form a homogenous blend from the fluid oil and the melted post-consumer waste material;
• a contaminant removal unit connected to the primary mixer and/or the secondary mixer for removing contaminants from the homogenous blend;
• and
• a feed system outlet for feeding the homogenous blend to a refinery oil stream.

A homogeneous blend comprising:

• from 1 to 50 wt % of a post-consumer waste material comprising at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of:
• plastic waste polymers, recycled polymers, virgin polymers, or a combination thereof;
• and
• from 50 to 99 wt % of a fluid oil selected from the group consisting of:
• crude oil, vacuum atmospheric residue, atmospheric residue, vacuum gas oil (VGO), light cycle oil (LCO), heavy mineral oil, and residual oils,
• these amounts being based on a total weight of the homogeneous blend.