An augmented process of converting a polymer to hydrocarbon products
OwnerNilesh Inamdarinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure discloses an assembly of an augmented attachments integrated with the process for converting a polymer to one or more hydrocarbon products and the process thereof. The said assembly aims to improve the process efficiency by suitably modifying and introducing new components to the said assembly as compared to existing similar process or technologies in the market.
Claims7
An assembly 100 of an augmented attachments integrated in a process 200 for converting a polymer to one or more hydrocarbon products, characterized in that:
- a feeding means coupled vertically through inlets to the Gasolizer (104), adapted to feed shredded or densified (agglomerated) or granulated polymer to a Gasolizer (104), wherein feed rate of the feeding means is controlled through a cooled gate valve and/or a Rotary Air Lock Valve (RALV) to ensure oxygen free reaction inside the Gasolizer (104);
- an impounding means, adapted to arrest contaminants present in the hydrocarbon vapors coming out of a Phase Separator (118), wherein the impounding means further comprises of a metal packaging to facilitate active arrest of the said contaminants;
- a reflux means, adapted to convert hydrocarbon vapors coming out of the Gasolizer (104) and Rectification Column (108) into a condensate.
A process 200 conducted using the assembly 100 of an augmented attachments, the process further comprising:
- adding the polymer to a Gasolizer (104), wherein the polymer is in shredded or densified (agglomerated) or granulated form;
- depolymerization of the polymer in the Gasolizer (104), wherein the depolymerization comprises of a Gasolysis™ reaction at a predefined temperature of 360° to 380° C. at the atmospheric pressure and in absence of oxygen inside the Gasolizer (104), wherein the depolymerization further comprise heating of the polymer in presence of a catalyst to enable to generate hydrocarbon vapors comprising oil vapors, a gas, and solid carbon (sludge) particles;
- passing the hydrocarbon vapors from the Gasolizer (104) to a Coke Column (106) in order to separate the solid carbon particles from the oil vapors and the gas;
- adding a catalyst and special metal packing materials to the Coke Column (106), wherein the catalyst is added in the ratio of 0.1 to 0.2%;
- passing the oil vapors and the gas from a Rectification Column (108) to separate the high boiling constituents and the low boiling constituents of the oil vapors and the gas, wherein
- a) the solid carbon particles are passed to the Gasolizer (104) for re-processing, and
- b) the oil vapors and the gas are passed to a reflux means;
- passing the low boiling constituents of the oil vapors and the gas to a Condenser (112), through a special metal packing material added to the Rectification Column (108), wherein the oil vapors are condensed in the Condenser (112) to obtain the one or more hydrocarbon products and the gas;
- separating the one or more hydrocarbon products along with moisture and the gas by passing through a Phase Separator (118);
- purifying the gas obtained from the Phase Separator (118) using a filtering means, wherein the filtering means further comprises of the special metal packaging material to obtain pure form the gas;
- cooling the pure form of the gas using a Gas Cooler (126), wherein the pure form of the gas after cooling is utilized as a fuel to run the Gasolizer (104) or utilizing for further applications as per need;
- obtaining the oil from the Phase Separator (118);
- stabilizing the oil obtained from the Phase Separator (118) by circulation of the oil and with added chemicals to neutralize the pH of the oil and washing of oil produced;
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- releasing flue gases coming out of the Gasolizer (104) into the environment after passing them through Exhaust Purifier (142).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.