WO2016142809A1 - Procédé robuste intégré pour la conversion de déchets de matières plastiques en produits pétrochimiques finis - Google Patents

Procédé robuste intégré pour la conversion de déchets de matières plastiques en produits pétrochimiques finis Download PDF

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WO2016142809A1
WO2016142809A1 PCT/IB2016/051137 IB2016051137W WO2016142809A1 WO 2016142809 A1 WO2016142809 A1 WO 2016142809A1 IB 2016051137 W IB2016051137 W IB 2016051137W WO 2016142809 A1 WO2016142809 A1 WO 2016142809A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to the treatment of hydrocarbon streams resulting from pyrolysis of waste plastics for use in downstream processes.
  • Waste plastics contain polyvinylchloride (PVC).
  • PVC polyvinylchloride
  • waste plastics can be converted to gas and liquid products.
  • These liquid products contain paraffins, i-paraffins (iso-paraffins), olefins, naphthenes, and aromatic components along with organic chlorides in concentrations of hundreds of ppm.
  • pyrolysis oils can be used as a feedstock for steam crackers partly replacing naphtha used in these units.
  • pyrolysis oils do not meet the steam cracker feed specification requirements of chloride levels less than 3 ppm, olefin content less than 1 wt%, and boiling end point requirements of 370 °C.
  • a process for converting waste plastics to a high value product comprising converting the waste plastics to a hydrocarbon stream in a liquid phase, wherein the hydrocarbon stream comprises one or more chloride compounds in a concentration of 5 ppm or more based on a total weight of the hydrocarbon stream, contacting the hydrocarbon stream with a first hydroprocessing catalyst in the presence of hydrogen to yield a first hydrocarbon product comprising Ci to Q gases and C 3 ⁇ 4 + liquid hydrocarbons, recovering the C 3 ⁇ 4 + liquid hydrocarbons in a treated hydrocarbon stream from the first hydrocarbon product, wherein the treated hydrocarbon stream comprises the one or more chloride compounds in a concentration of 3 to 5 ppm based on a total weight of the treated hydrocarbon stream, dechlorinating the treated hydrocarbon stream to yield a polished hydrocarbon stream comprising one or more chloride compounds in a concentration of less than 3 ppm based on a total weight of the polished hydrocarbon stream, and feeding the treated hydrocarbon stream or polished hydrocarbon stream to
  • Figure 1 illustrates a hydroprocessing system for converting plastic waste to a high value product by simultaneously dechlorinating chloride compounds, hydrogenating olefins, and hydrocracking heavy hydrocarbon molecules contained in a hydrocarbon stream which contains a pyrolysis oil to levels suitable for introduction to a steam cracker.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of a polishing zone in the hydroprocessing system.
  • Figure 3 is a graph of the boiling point distribution for a liquid product of a low severity pyrolysis process, showing temperature versus mass percent.
  • Figure 4 is a graph of a staged catalyst sulphiding protocol, showing temperature versus time.
  • references throughout the specification to "an embodiment,” “embodiments,” “another embodiment,” “other embodiments,” “alternative embodiments,” “additional embodiments,” “some embodiments,” and so forth e.g., the use of “additionally” and/or “alternatively” in the context of describing one or more embodiments
  • a particular element e.g., feature, structure, property, and/or characteristic
  • the described element(s) can be combined in any suitable manner in the various embodiments.
  • Embodiments of the process include converting the waste plastics to a hydrocarbon stream in a liquid phase, converting the waste plastics to a pyrolysis light gas stream containing Q to C 4 hydrocarbons, contacting the hydrocarbon stream with a hydroprocessing catalyst in the presence of hydrogen (H 2 ) to yield a hydrocarbon product, recovering a treated hydrocarbon stream comprising C5+ hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon product, dechlorinating the treated hydrocarbon stream to yield a polished hydrocarbon stream, recovering a hydroprocessed light gas stream from the hydrocarbon product, feeding the treated hydrocarbon stream to a steam cracker to yield the high value product, feeding the polished hydrocarbon stream to a steam cracker to yield the high value product, feeding the pyrolysis light gas stream to the steam cracker, feeding the hydroprocessed light gas stream to the steam cracker, or combinations thereof.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream or polished hydrocarbon stream meets steam cracker feed requirements.
  • the pyrolysis light gas stream may be fed to the steam cracker directly, or after treating the pyrolysis light gas stream in a scrubbing unit to yield a treated pyrolysis light gas stream which is subsequently fed to the steam cracker.
  • the hydroprocessed light gas stream may be fed to the steam cracker directly, or after treating the hydroprocessed light gas stream in a scrubbing unit to yield a treated hydroprocessed light gas stream which is subsequently fed to the steam cracker. Converting the waste plastics to a hydrocarbon stream in a liquid phase and converting the waste plastics to a pyrolysis light gas stream containing Q to C 4 hydrocarbons may occur simultaneously via pyrolysis of the waste plastics.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a hydroprocessmg system 100 for converting plastic waste to a high value product by simultaneously dechlorinating chloride compounds, hydrogenating olefins, and hydrocracking heavy hydrocarbon molecules contained in a hydrocarbon stream 12 which contains a pyrolysis oil (e.g., plastic pyrolysis oil, tire pyrolysis oil) to levels suitable for introduction to a steam cracker 50.
  • the system 100 includes a pyrolysis unit 10, a hydroprocessmg reactor 20, a separator 30, a polishing zone 40, and a steam cracker 50. Waste plastic is either placed in the pyrolysis unit 10 or fed to the pyrolysis unit 10 via waste plastic stream 1.
  • the plastic waste stream is converted via pyrolysis reactions to pyrolysis gases (e.g., d to C gases) and a liquid pyrolysis oil.
  • pyrolysis gases e.g., d to C gases
  • the pyrolysis gases flow from the pyrolysis unit 10 via a pyrolysis light gas stream 16 directly to the steam cracker 50, or to a scrubbing unit 60 and then the steam cracker 50.
  • the liquid pyrolysis oil flows from the pyrolysis unit 10 via hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 feeds to the hydroprocessmg reactor 20, and the reaction product effluent of the hydroprocessing reactor 20 flows from the hydroprocessmg reactor 20 in the hydrocarbon product stream 22 to the separator 30.
  • a treated product (e.g., in gas or liquid form) is recovered from the hydrocarbon product stream 22 and flows from the separator 30 via treated hydrocarbon stream 32, with one or more of sulphur-containing gases and chlorine -containing gases flowing from the separator 30 in hydroprocessed light gas stream 36.
  • to C hydrocarbon gases which are generated in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may flow directly to a separator 30, where the d to C hydrocarbon gases are recovered in a hydroprocessed light gas stream 36 for flow directly to the steam cracker 40, to a scrubbing unit 50, or a combination of direct flow to the steam cracker 40 and flow to the scrubbing unit 50 (e.g., a portion of the pyrolysis light gas stream bypasses the scrubbing unit).
  • the treated hydrocarbon product in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may flow directly (e.g., without any separations or fractionations of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32) via bypass stream 34 to a steam cracker 50, from which high value products flow in stream 52.
  • the treated hydrocarbon product may flow in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 to polishing zone 40, where further dechlorination occurs to yield the polished hydrocarbon stream 42.
  • the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 may then flow directly (e.g., without any separations or fractionations of the polished hydrocarbon stream 42) to the stream cracker 50, from which the high value products flow in stream 52.
  • Waste plastics which are loaded into or fed to the pyrolysis unit 10 via waste plastic stream 1 may include post-consumer waste plastics.
  • waste plastics which can be used include chlorinated plastics (e.g., chlorinated polyethylene), polyvinylchloride, non-chlorinated plastics (e.g., polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, copolymers, etc.), or mixtures thereof.
  • Waste plastics as disclosed herein also include used tires.
  • Waste plastics in the pyrolysis unit 10 are subjected to a pyrolysis process to convert the waste plastics to one or more pyrolysis oils which flow from the pyrolysis unit 10 via hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the pyrolysis processes in the pyrolysis unit 10 may be low severity or high severity. Low severity pyrolysis processes may occur at a temperature of 250 °C to 450 °C, may produce pyrolysis oils rich in mono- and di- olefins as well as a significant amount of aromatics, and may include chloride compounds in amounts which cause the hydrocarbon stream 12 to have the chloride compound concentrations disclosed herein.
  • High severity pyrolysis processes may occur at a temperature of 450 °C to 750 °C and may produce pyrolysis oils rich in aromatics.
  • the liquid product of the high severity processes may include chloride compounds which cause the hydrocarbon stream 12 to have the chloride compound concentrations disclosed herein.
  • the pyrolysis unit 10 may be one or more vessels configured to convert waste plastics into gas phase and liquid phase products (e.g., simultaneously).
  • the one or more vessels may contain one or more beds of inert material or pyrolysis catalyst comprising sand, zeolite, or combinations thereof.
  • the pyrolysis catalyst is capable of transferring heat to the components subject to the pyrolysis process in the pyrolysis unit 10.
  • the pyrolysis process may be divided into a first stage which is performed in the first vessel and in a second stage fluidly connected downstream of the first stage which is performed in the second vessel.
  • the first stage may utilize thermal cracking of the waste plastics, and the second stage may utilize catalytic cracking of the waste plastics to yield the hydrocarbon stream 12 flowing from the second stage.
  • the first stage may utilize catalytic cracking of the waste plastics, and the second stage may utilize thermal cracking of the waste plastics to yield the hydrocarbon stream 12 flowing from the second stage.
  • the pyrolysis unit 10 may include one or more equipment configured to convert waste plastics into gas phase and liquid phase products.
  • the one or more equipment may or may not contain any inert material or pyrolysis catalyst as described above. Examples of such equipment include one or more of heated extruders, heated rotating kiln, heated tank-type reactors, empty heated vessels, enclosed heated surfaces where plastic flows down along the wall and cracks, vessels surrounded by ovens or furnaces or other equipment offering a heated surface to assist in cracking.
  • a head space purge gas is utilized in all or a portion of the pyrolysis stage(s) (conversion of waste plastics to a liquid phase and/or gas phase products) to enhance cracking of plastics, produce valuable products, provide a feed for steam cracking, or combinations thereof.
  • the head space purge gas may include can utilize hydrogen (H 2 ), nitrogen (N 2 ), steam, product gases, or combinations thereof. The use of a head space purge gas assists in the dechlorination in the pyrolysis unit
  • the use of hydrogen in the pyrolysis unit 10 has beneficial effects of i) reducing the coke lay down as a result of cracking, ii) keeps catalyst used (if any) in the process in an active condition, iii) improves removal of chloride from stream 1 such that the hydrocarbon stream 12 from pyrolysis unit 10 is substantially dechlorinated with respect to waste plastic stream 1 which minimizes the chloride removal requirement in hydroprocessing reactor 20, iv) reduces diolefins in hydrocarbon stream 12, v) helps operate the pyrolysis unit 10 at reduced temperatures for same levels of conversion of waste plastic stream 1 in the pyrolysis unit 10, or combinations of i) -v).
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 generally includes one or more pyrolysis oils (e.g., plastic pyrolysis
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 may include one or more pyrolysis oils as described above which is blended with a heavier oil (e.g., a naphtha or diesel, via spiking stream 14).
  • a heavier oil e.g., a naphtha or diesel
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be spiked with the one or more sulphides, via a spiking stream 14 (discussed in more detail below).
  • Examples of the components which may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12 include paraffins (n-paraffin, i-paraffin, or both), olefins, naphthenes, aromatic hydrocarbons, or combinations thereof.
  • the group of hydrocarbons may be collectively referred to as a PONA feed (paraffin, olefin, naphthene, aromatics) or PIONA feed (n-paraffin, i- paraffin, olefin, naphthene, aromatics).
  • any paraffin may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • paraffins which may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12 include, but are not limited to, Ci to C22 n-paraffins and i-paraffins.
  • the concentration of paraffins in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be less than 10 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the concentration of paraffins in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be 10 wt%, 20 wt%, 30 wt%, 40 wt%, 50 wt%, 60 wt%, or more based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • embodiments include paraffins of carbon numbers up to 22, the disclosure is not limited to carbon number 22 as an upper end-point of the suitable range of paraffins, and the paraffins can include higher carbon numbers, e.g., 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, and higher.
  • at least a portion of the paraffins in the hydrocarbon stream 12 comprises at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules.
  • any olefin may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • olefins which may be included in hydrocarbon stream 12 include, but are not limited to, C2 to C10 olefins and combinations thereof.
  • the concentration of olefins in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be less than 10 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the concentration of olefins in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be 10 wt%, 20 wt%, 30 wt%, 40 wt% or more based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • At least a portion of the one or more olefins in the hydrocarbon stream 12 comprise at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules.
  • none of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules in the hydrocarbon stream 12 are olefins.
  • embodiments include olefins of carbon numbers up to 10, the disclosure is not limited to carbon number 10 as an upper end-point of the suitable range of olefins, and the olefins can include higher carbon numbers, e.g., 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and higher.
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 comprises no olefins.
  • Any naphthene may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • naphthenes include, but are not limited to, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, and cyclooctane.
  • the concentration of naphthenes in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be less than 10 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the concentration of naphthenes in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be 10 wt%, 20 wt%, 30 wt%, 40 wt% or more based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • embodiments include naphthenes of carbon numbers up to 8, the disclosure is not limited to carbon number 8 as an upper end-point of the suitable range of naphthenes, and the naphthenes can include higher carbon numbers, e.g., 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and higher.
  • at least a portion of the naphthenes in the hydrocarbon stream 12 comprise at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules.
  • Aromatic hydrocarbons suitable for use in the hydrocarbon stream 12 include, but are not limited to, benzene, toluene, xylenes, ethyl benzene, or combinations thereof.
  • the concentration of aromatic hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be less than 10 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the concentration of aromatic hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be 10 wt%, 20 wt%, 30 wt%, 40 wt% or more based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • embodiments include aromatic hydrocarbons of carbon numbers up to 8, the disclosure is not limited to carbon number 8 as an upper end-point of the suitable range of aromatic hydrocarbons, and the aromatic hydrocarbons can include higher carbon numbers, e.g., 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and higher.
  • the aromatic hydrocarbons carbon number is as high as 22.
  • at least a portion of the aromatics in the hydrocarbon stream 12 comprise at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules.
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 comprises no aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • embodiments of the processes disclosed herein contemplate hydrocracking of molecules, and in particular, heavy hydrocarbon molecules of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the pyrolysis oils comprises heavy hydrocarbon molecules (e.g., also referred to as heavy ends of the pyrolysis oils). Hydrocracking of the heavy ends of the pyrolysis oils to meet steam cracker 50 specifications is contemplated.
  • the concentration of heavy hydrocarbon molecules in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be less than 10 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the concentration of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be 10 wt% to 90 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the heavy hydrocarbon molecules may include paraffins, i-paraffins, olefins, naphthenes, aromatic hydrocarbons, or combinations thereof.
  • the heavy hydrocarbon molecules may include C 16 and larger hydrocarbons. Greater than 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 wt% or more of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules in the hydrocarbon stream 12 is hydrocracked when the hydrocarbon stream 12 is contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 may have 2 wt% or less in a liquid phase which boils above 370 °C.
  • Chloride compounds which may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12 include, but are not limited to, aliphatic chlorine-containing hydrocarbons, aromatic chlorine-containing hydrocarbons, and other chlorine -containing hydrocarbons.
  • Examples of chlorine-containing hydrocarbons include, but are not limited to, 1-chlorohexane (CgH 13 Cl), 2-chloropentane (CsHnCl), 3 -chloro-3 -methyl pentane (CgH 13 Cl), (2- chloroethyl) benzene (C 8 H 9 C1), chlorobenzene (C 6 H 5 C1), or combinations thereof.
  • the concentration of chloride compounds in the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be 5 ppm, 6 ppm, 7 ppm, 8 ppm, 9 ppm, 10 ppm, 15 ppm, 20 ppm, 30 ppm, 40 ppm, 50 ppm, 100 ppm, 200 ppm, 300 ppm, 400 ppm, 500 ppm, 600 ppm, 700 ppm, 800 ppm, 900 ppm, 1,000 ppm, 1,100 ppm, 1,200 ppm, 1,300 ppm, 1,400 ppm, 1,500 ppm, 1,600 ppm, 1,700 ppm, 1,800 ppm, 1,900 ppm, 2,000 ppm or more based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • Sulphides which may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12 include sulphur-containing compounds.
  • a sulphiding agent such as dimethyl disulphide (C 2 H 6 S 2 ), dimethyl sulphide (C 2 3 ⁇ 4S), mercaptans (R-SH), carbon disulphide (CS 2 ), hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S), or combinations thereof may be used as the sulphide in the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • one or more sulphides e.g., dimethyl disulphide (C 2 H 6 S 2 ), dimethyl sulphide (C 2 3 ⁇ 4S), mercaptans (R-SH), carbon disulphide (CS 2 ), hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S), or combinations thereof
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 is "spiked" with one or more sulphides
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 is "spiked" with one or more sulphides
  • the one or more sulphides are added to the hydrocarbon stream 12 in an amount such that a sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12, after sulphide addition, is about 0.5 wt%, 1 wt%, 1.5 wt%, 2 wt%, 2.5 wt%, 3 wt%, 3.5 wt%, 4 wt%, 4.5 wt%, 5 wt% or more based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the spiking stream 14 may include components tailored for spiking such as hexadecane and dimethyl disulphide; alternatively, the spiking stream 14 may be a heavier oil (e.g., naphtha, diesel, or both) which already contains sulphide compounds (or to which sulphides are spiked to achieve the sulphur content disclosed herein) and which is blended with the hydrocarbon stream 12 to achieve the sulphur content described above.
  • a heavier oil e.g., naphtha, diesel, or both
  • one or more sulphides are present in the hydrocarbon stream as a result of upstream processing from which the hydrocarbon stream 12 flows.
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 may contain one or more sulphides in an amount such that a sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12, without sulphide spiking, is about 0.5 wt%, 1 wt%, 1.5 wt%, 2 wt%, 2.5 wt%, 3 wt%, 3.5 wt%, 4 wt%, 4.5 wt%, 5 wt% or more based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 may contain one or more sulphides in an amount insufficient for sulphiding (e.g., less than 5,000, 4,000, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, 900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, or 1 ppm) the hydroprocessing catalyst contained in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 (the catalyst is discussed in more detail below), and spiking stream 14 is utilized to raise the concentration of the one or more sulphides in the hydrocarbon stream to such that a sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12, after sulphide addition, is about 0.5 wt%, 1 wt%, 1.5 wt%, 2 wt%, 2.5 wt%, 3 wt%, 3.5 wt%, 4 wt%, 4.5 wt%, 5 wt% or more based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • sulphides in an amount insufficient for sulphiding
  • the sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12, after sulphide addition using spiking stream 14, is up to about 3 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12. In another embodiment, the sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12, without sulphide addition using spiking stream 14, is up to about 3 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 20 is configured to dechlorinate, hydrogenate, and hydrocrack components of the hydrocarbon stream 12 fed to the hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 is contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the presence of hydrogen to yield a hydrocarbon product in stream 22.
  • the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in upward flow, downward flow, radial flow, or combinations thereof, with or without a staged addition of hydrocarbon stream 12, spiking stream 14, a H 2 stream 24, or combinations thereof.
  • the components of the hydrocarbon stream 12 may be in the liquid phase, a liquid- vapor phase, or a vapor phase while in the hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may facilitate any reaction of the components of the hydrocarbon stream 12 in the presence of, or with, hydrogen. Reactions may occur as the addition of hydrogen atoms to double bonds of unsaturated molecules (e.g., olefins, aromatic compounds), resulting in saturated molecules (e.g., paraffins, i-paraffins, naphthenes). Additionally, reactions in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may cause a rupture of a bond of an organic compound, resulting in "cracking" of a hydrocarbon molecule into two or more smaller hydrocarbon molecules, or resulting in a subsequent reaction and/or replacement of a heteroatom with hydrogen.
  • unsaturated molecules e.g., olefins, aromatic compounds
  • saturated molecules e.g., paraffins, i-paraffins, naphthenes
  • Examples of reactions which may occur in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 include, but are not limited to, the hydrogenation of olefins, removal of heteroatoms from heteroatom-containing hydrocarbons (e.g., dechlorination), hydrocracking of large paraffins or i-paraffins to smaller hydrocarbon molecules, hydrocracking of aromatic hydrocarbons to smaller cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbons, conversion of one or more aromatic compounds to one or more cycloparaffins, isomerization of one or more normal paraffins to one or more i-paraffins, selective ring opening of one or more cycloparaffins to one or more i-paraffins, or combinations thereof.
  • contacting the hydrocarbon stream 12 with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the presence of hydrogen yields a hydrocarbon product comprising Q to C4 gases and C5+ (C5 and heavier) liquid hydrocarbons.
  • the separator 30 recovers the C 5 + liquid hydrocarbons in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32.
  • the d to C 4 gases can be recovered in hydroprocessed light gas stream 36.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may be any vessel configured to contain the hydroprocessing catalyst disclosed herein.
  • the vessel may be configured for gas phase, liquid phase, vapor- liquid phase, or slurry phase operation.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may include one or more beds of the hydroprocessing catalyst in fixed bed, fluidized bed, moving bed, ebullated bed, slurry bed, or combinations thereof, configuration.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may be operated adiabatically, isothermally, nonadiabatically, non-isothermally, or combinations thereof.
  • the reactions of this disclosure may be carried out in a single stage or in multiple stages.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 20 can be two reactor vessels fluidly connected in series, each having one or more catalyst beds of the hydrogenating catalyst.
  • two or more stages for hydroprocessing may be contained in a single reactor vessel.
  • the first stage may dechlorinate and hydrogenate components of the hydrocarbon stream 12 to yield a first hydrocarbon product having a first level of chloride compounds and olefins.
  • the first hydrocarbon product may flow from the first stage to the second stage, where other components of the first hydrocarbon product are dechlorinated and hydrogenated to yield a second hydrocarbon product stream (stream 22 in Figure 1) having a second level of chloride compounds and olefins.
  • the sulphur present in the feed is also removed as H 2 S to provide a reduced level of sulphur (e.g., sulphur content less than 200, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.1 ppmw S based on total weight of stream 22) acceptable for downstream processing in steam cracker 50 and refinery units.
  • the second hydrocarbon stream may then be treated as described herein for stream 22.
  • Embodiments of the disclosure contemplate a second hydroprocessing reactor and a second hydroprocessing separator may be placed in between separator 30 and treated hydrocarbon stream 32.
  • the treated product flowing from the separator 30, in such embodiments, may contain residual sulphur, and the second hydroprocessmg reactor/second separator combination may treat the treated product flowing from the separator 30 to completely remove the sulphur such that a second treated product flowing in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 from the second separator contains less than 200, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.5, 0. 1 ppmw S based on total weight of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32.
  • d to C 4 hydrocarbon gases generated in the second hydroprocessing reactor may flow from the second hydroprocessing reactor in a second hydroprocessed light gas stream. Similar to the hydroprocessed light gas stream 36 flowing from the separator 30, the second hydroprocessed light gas stream may flow directly to the steam cracker 50, may flow to a light gas scrubbing unit 60 and then to the steam cracker 50, or may be blended with another light gas (treated or not) stream before flowing to the steam cracker 50.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may comprise one or more vessels.
  • the sulphur present in the hydrocarbon stream 12 is removed as H 2 S to provide a reduced level of sulphur acceptable for downstream processing in steam crackers and refinery units.
  • hydrogen may feed to the hydroprocessing reactor 20 in stream 24.
  • the rate of hydrogen addition to the hydroprocessing reactor 20 is generally sufficient to achieve the hydrogen-to- hydrocarbon ratios disclosed herein.
  • the disclosed hydroprocessing reactor 20 may operate at various process conditions. For example, contacting the hydrocarbon stream 12 with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the presence of hydrogen may occur in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 at a temperature of 100 °C to 450 °C; alternatively, 100 °C to 350 °C; or alternatively, 260 °C to 350 °C. Contacting the hydrocarbon stream 12 with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the presence of hydrogen may occur in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 at a pressure of 1 barg to200 barg; or alternatively, 20 barg to 60 barg.
  • WHSV weight hourly space velocity
  • H 2 /HC hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon
  • dechlorination using the hydroprocessing catalyst as described herein is performed in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 without the use of chlorine sorbents, without addition of Na 2 C03 in an effective amount to function as a dechlorinating agent, or both.
  • the hydroprocessing catalyst may be any catalyst used for hydrogenation (e.g., saturation) of olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., a commercially available hydrotreating catalyst).
  • the hydroprocessing catalyst is a cobalt and molybdenum catalyst (Co-Mo catalyst) on an alumina support.
  • the hydroprocessing catalyst is a nickel and molybdenum catalyst (Ni-Mo catalyst) on an alumina support or tungsten and molybdenum catalyst (W -Mo catalyst) on an alumina support.
  • catalyst embodiments may include platinum and palladium catalyst (Pt-Pd catalyst) on an alumina support, nickel sulphides suitable for slurry processing, molybdenum sulphides suitable for slurry processing, nickel and molybdenum sulphides, or combinations thereof.
  • Pt-Pd catalyst platinum and palladium catalyst
  • contacting the hydrocarbon carbon stream 12 with the hydroprocessing catalyst acts to activate the hydroprocessing catalyst by sulphiding and to acidify the hydroprocessing catalyst by chlorinating. Continuously contacting the hydroprocessing catalyst with the hydrocarbon stream 12 containing the one or more sulphides, the one or more chloride compounds, or both, may maintain the catalyst activity on a continuous basis.
  • the hydroprocessing catalyst is activated and/or the activity is maintained by sulphiding the hydroprocessing catalyst in-situ.
  • the hydroprocessing catalyst may be sulphided (i.e., activated) and/or sulphiding (i.e., maintaining the catalyst activity) of the hydroprocessing catalyst may be performed (e.g., maintaining the hydroprocessing catalyst in sulphided form is accomplished) by continuously contacting the hydrocarbon stream 12 containing one or more sulphides with the hydroprocessing catalyst.
  • the one or more sulphides may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12 in an amount such that the sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12 is about 0.5 wt%, 1 wt%, 1.5 wt%, 2 wt%, 2.5 wt%, 3 wt%, 3.5 wt%, 4 wt%, 4.5 wt%, or 5 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the hydroprocessing catalyst may be sulphided (i.e., activated) by contacting a catalyst activating stream 26 containing one or more sulphides with the hydroprocessing catalyst for a period of time (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or more hours) sufficient to activate the hydroprocessing catalyst (before contacting the hydrocarbon stream 12 with the hydroprocessing catalyst).
  • the catalyst activating stream 26 may include a hydrocarbon carrier for the one or more sulphides, such as hexadecane.
  • the one or more sulphides may be included in the catalyst activating stream 26 in an amount such that the sulphur content of the catalyst activating stream 26 is about 0.5 wt%, 1 wt%, 1.5 wt%, 2 wt%, 2.5 wt%, 3 wt%, 3.5 wt%, 4 wt%, 4.5 wt%, 5 wt% or more based on the total weight of the catalyst activating stream 26.
  • flow of the catalyst activating stream 26 may be discontinued, and sulphiding (i.e., maintaining the catalyst activity) of the hydroprocessing catalyst may be maintained (e.g., maintaining the hydroprocessing catalyst in sulphided form is accomplished) by continuously contacting the hydrocarbon stream 12 containing one or more sulphides with the hydroprocessing catalyst.
  • the one or more sulphides may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12 in an amount such that the sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12 is about 0.5 wt%, 1 wt%, 1.5 wt%, 2 wt%, 2.5 wt%, 3 wt%, 3.5 wt%, 4 wt%, 4.5 wt%, or 5 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • sulphiding and maintaining the catalyst in sulphided form may use two different concentrations of sulphur content in the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the one or more sulphides may be included (e.g., provided via spiking stream 14) in the hydrocarbon stream 12 in an amount such that the sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12 is about 2 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12 for sulphiding, and the one or more sulphides may be maintained (e.g., via spiking stream 14) in the hydrocarbon stream 12 in an amount such that the sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12 is about 2 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12 for maintaining the hydroprocessing catalyst in the sulphided form.
  • the one or more sulphides may be included in the catalyst activating stream 26 in an amount such that the sulphur content of the catalyst activating stream 26 is about 3 wt% based on the total weight of the catalyst activating stream 26 for sulphiding, and the one or more sulphides may be included (e.g., via spiking stream 14) in the hydrocarbon stream 12 in an amount such that the sulphur content of the hydrocarbon stream 12 is about 2 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon stream 12 for maintaining the hydroprocessing catalyst in the sulphided form.
  • catalyst activity is also maintained by chloriding the hydroprocessing catalyst.
  • the hydroprocessing catalyst is chlorided using the one more chloride compounds provided to the hydroprocessing catalyst by the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the one or more chloride compounds which contribute to acidification of the hydroprocessing catalyst may be included in the hydrocarbon stream 12 in concentrations disclosed herein.
  • the hydrocarbon product stream 22 may contain one or more olefins in a concentration of less than 1 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon product stream 22. It is also contemplated that the concentration of aromatic hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon product stream 22 is less than the concentration of aromatic hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon stream 12 due to hydrogenation of at least a portion of the aromatic hydrocarbons in the hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • aromatic hydrocarbons may be present in the hydrocarbon product stream 22 in a concentration of less than 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 wt% based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon product stream 22.
  • the hydrocarbon product stream 22 may have 2 wt% or less in a liquid phase which boils above 370 °C.
  • the reaction product flows as effluent from the hydroprocessing reactor 20 in the hydrocarbon product stream 22 to the separator 30.
  • Separator 30 may be any vessel which can recover a treated hydrocarbon stream 32 from the hydrocarbon product 22 which is fed to the separator 30.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may be recovered by separating a treated product (e.g., liquid product or gas product) from sulphur and chlorine-containing gas in the separator 30, and flowing the treated product in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 from the separator 30.
  • a treated product e.g., liquid product or gas product
  • the separator 30 is a condenser which operates at conditions which condense a portion of the hydrocarbon product stream 22 into the treated product (e.g., liquid product or treated liquid product) while leaving sulphur and chlorine-containing compounds in the gas phase.
  • the treated liquid product flows from the separator 30 in treated hydrocarbon stream 32, and the sulphur and chlorine -containing gas flows from the separator 30 via hydroprocessed light gas stream 36.
  • the treated liquid product may comprise C 3 ⁇ 4 + (C 3 ⁇ 4 and heavier) liquid hydrocarbons.
  • the separator 30 is a scrubbing unit containing a caustic solution (e.g., a solution of sodium hydroxide in water) which removes (e.g., via reaction, adsorption, absorption, or combinations thereof) sulphur and chlorine -containing gases from the hydrocarbon product stream 22 to yield the treated product which flows from the separator 30 via treated hydrocarbon stream 32 while the Q to C4 hydrocarbons and sulphur and chlorine-containing compounds are removed from the separator 30 via hydroprocessed light gas stream 36.
  • the treated liquid product may comprise C5+ (C5 and heavier) liquid hydrocarbons.
  • the separator 30 is a condenser in communication with one or more stages of a gas-liquid separator positioned downstream of the condenser and a scrubbing unit containing a caustic solution.
  • the condenser may operate at conditions which condense a portion of the hydrocarbon product stream 22 into a mid-treated product (e.g., liquid product or treated liquid product) while leaving sulphur and chlorine-containing compounds in the gas phase.
  • the mid-treated product may comprise C5+ (C5 and heavier) liquid hydrocarbons.
  • the mid-treated liquid product and the mid- treated gas product flow from the first stage of the gas-liquid separator, and the mid-treated gas product is treated in the scrubbing unit of the separator 30.
  • the mid-treated liquid product flows out of the first stage of the gas -liquid separator and experiences a pressure reduction (e.g., via a valve or other pressure reducing device known in the art with the aid of this disclosure), which creates an effluent gas (e.g., via flashing) which flows to the scrubbing unit for further removal of sulphur and chlorine -containing compounds from the liquid hydrocarbons.
  • the treated product flowing in hydrocarbon stream 32 flows from the scrubbing unit of the separator 30 to the polishing zone 40 via stream 32. Sulphur and chlorine-containing compounds flow from the separator 30 in hydroprocessed light gas stream 36.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 includes one or more chloride compounds in a concentration of less than 5 ppm, 4 ppm, 3 ppm, 2 ppm, 1 ppm, or 0.5 ppm based on a total weight of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32.
  • the one or more chloride compounds in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may be the same as some or all of the one or more chloride compounds in the hydrocarbon stream 12; alternatively, it is contemplated that only some of the one or more chloride compounds in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 are the same as only some of the one or more chloride compounds in the hydrocarbon stream 12; alternatively, it is contemplated that none of the one or more chloride compounds in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 are the same as the one or more chloride compounds in the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 includes the one or more olefins in a concentration which is less than a concentration of the one or more olefins in the hydrocarbon stream 12 due to hydrogenation of at least a portion of the one or more olefins from the hydrocarbon stream 12 while the hydrocarbon stream 12 is contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 includes the one or more olefins in a concentration which is less than a concentration of the one or more olefins in the hydrocarbon stream 12 due to hydrogenation and hydrocrackmg of at least a portion of the one or more olefins from the hydrocarbon stream 12 while the hydrocarbon stream 12 is contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • the one or more olefins are present in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 in a concentration of less than 1 wt% based on the total weight of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 includes one or more paraffins, and one or more olefins in a concentration of less than 1 wt% based on the total weight of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32. It is also contemplated that the concentration of aromatic hydrocarbons in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 is less than the concentration of aromatic hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon stream 12 due to hydrogenation of at least a portion of the aromatic hydrocarbons in the hydroprocessing reactor 20. For example, aromatic hydrocarbons may be present in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 in a concentration of less than 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 wt% based on the total weight of the treated hydrocarbon product stream 32.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may have a reduced concentration of heavy hydrocarbon molecules compared to the concentration of heavy hydrocarbon molecules in the hydrocarbon stream 12 due to hydrocrackmg of at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules from the hydrocarbon stream 12 while the hydrocarbon stream 12 is contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may comprise none of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules form the hydrocarbon stream 12 due to hydrocrackmg of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules in the hydroprocessing reactor 20. Due to hydrocrackmg of heavy hydrocarbon molecules when the hydrocarbon stream 12 is contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 20, the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may have a boiling end point of 370 °C.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may have 2 wt% or less in a liquid phase which boils above 370 °C.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 includes one or more chloride compounds in a concentration of less than 3 ppm
  • the treated hydrocarbon product flowing in treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may be fed directly to the steam cracker 50 by flowing through bypass stream 34.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may flow to the polishing zone 40 in order to reduce the chloride content to meet the requirements of the steam cracker 50.
  • embodiments of the processes disclosed herein may include dechlorinating the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 to yield a polished hydrocarbon stream 42. Dechlorination may occur in the polishing zone 40.
  • the polishing zone 40 may be considered a polishing stage in which the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 is "polished" to reduce the chloride content.
  • the operating temperature e.g., the catalyst bed temperature
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may be increased.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may be diverted from flowing in the bypass stream 34 and may be directed to flow to the polishing zone 40 for further chloride removal such that a polished hydrocarbon stream 42 flowing from the polishing zone 40 has a concentration of one or more chlorides which meet the requirement of the steam cracker 50.
  • a polished light gas stream 46 comprising d to C 4 gases generated in the polishing zone 40 (e.g., in hydroprocessing reactor 41 of Figure 2) may flow directly to the steam cracker 50, may flow to the light gas scrubbing unit 60 and then to the steam cracker 50, or may be blended with another light gas (treated or not) stream before flowing to the steam cracker 50.
  • dechlorinating the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may include removing at least a portion of the one or more chloride compounds remaining in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 via adsorptive dechlorination to yield the polished hydrocarbon stream 42. Removal of remaining chloride compounds may occur in the polishing zone 40 in the form of one or more adsorption units.
  • the one or more adsorption units may contain one or more adsorbents (e.g., goethite, hematite, magnetite, alumina, alumino- silicate, gamma alumina, or combinations thereof) which removes (e.g., via reaction, adsorption, absorption, or combinations thereof) a portion of the one or more remaining chloride compounds from the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 to yield a polished hydrocarbon product which flows from the adsorption unit via polished hydrocarbon stream 42.
  • adsorbents e.g., goethite, hematite, magnetite, alumina, alumino- silicate, gamma alumina, or combinations thereof
  • One or more chloride compounds which are removed by the sorbent in the adsorption unit may be recovered from the adsorption unit(s) via processes known in the art with the aid of this disclosure (e.g., regeneration of adsorption units operating in parallel).
  • An example of an adsorption process suitable for use in the polishing zone 40 is found in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2015/053,589, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
  • dechlorinating the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may include contacting the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 with a second hydroprocessing catalyst in the presence of hydrogen to yield a second hydrocarbon product.
  • the polishing zone 40 may be a second hydroprocessing stage in the system 100.
  • the polishing zone 40 may include another hydroprocessing reactor which is the second stage of hydroprocessing in a two-stage hydroprocessing configuration (the hydroprocessing reactor 20 being the first stage).
  • Figure 2 illustrates a polishing zone 40 which is a second stage of hydroprocessing.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 41 of the polishing zone 40 is configured to dechlorinate, hydrogenate, and hydrocrack components of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 fed to the hydroprocessing reactor 41.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 is contacted with a second hydroprocessing catalyst in the presence of hydrogen to yield a second hydrocarbon product in stream 43.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may be contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in upward flow, downward flow, radial flow, or combinations thereof.
  • the components of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may be in the liquid phase, a liquid- vapor phase, or a vapor phase while in the hydroprocessing reactor 41.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 41 may facilitate dechlorination of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 in the presence of, or with, hydrogen. Other reactions in addition to dechlorination reactions may occur in hydroprocessing reactor 41, for example, the reactions discussed for hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 41 may be any vessel configured to contain the hydroprocessing catalyst disclosed herein.
  • the vessel may be configured for gas phase, liquid phase, vapor- liquid phase, or slurry phase operation.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 41 may include one or more beds of the second hydroprocessing catalyst in fixed bed, fluidized bed, moving bed, ebullated bed, slurry bed, or combinations thereof, configuration.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 41 may be operated adiabatically, isothermally, nonadiabatically, non-isothermally, or combinations thereof.
  • hydrogen may feed to the hydroprocessing reactor 41 in stream 44.
  • the rate of hydrogen addition to the hydroprocessing reactor 41 is generally sufficient to achieve the hydrogen-to- hydrocarbon ratios disclosed herein.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor 41 may operate within the same ranges for temperature, pressure, weight hourly space velocity (WHSV), and hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon (H 2 /HC) flow ratio disclosed for hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • the values for temperature, pressure, weight hourly space velocity (WHSV), and hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon (H 2 /HC) flow ratio of the hydroprocessing reactor 41 may or may not be the same as the values for temperature, pressure, weight hourly space velocity (WHSV), and hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon (H 2 /HC) flow ratio of the hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • hydroprocessing reactor 41 may operate at the same temperature, pressure, weight hourly space velocity (WHSV), or hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon (H 2 /HC) flow ratio as hydroprocessing reactor 20, while all other conditions are not the same.
  • dechlorination using the second hydroprocessing catalyst as described herein is performed in the hydroprocessing reactor 41 without the use of chlorine sorbents, without addition of Na 2 C03 in an effective amount to function as a dechlorinating agent, or both.
  • the second hydroprocessing catalyst used in the hydroprocessing unit 41 may be any catalyst used for hydrogenation (e.g., saturation) of olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., a commercially available hydrotreating catalyst).
  • the second hydroprocessing catalyst is a cobalt and molybdenum catalyst (Co-Mo catalyst) on an alumina support.
  • the second hydroprocessing catalyst is a nickel and molybdenum catalyst (Ni-Mo catalyst) on an alumina support or tungsten and molybdenum catalyst (W-Mo catalyst) on an alumina support.
  • second catalyst embodiments may include platinum and palladium catalyst (Pt-Pd catalyst) on an alumina support, nickel sulphides suitable for slurry processing, molybdenum sulphides suitable for slurry processing, nickel and molybdenum sulphides, or combinations thereof.
  • Pt-Pd catalyst platinum and palladium catalyst
  • nickel sulphides suitable for slurry processing nickel sulphides suitable for slurry processing
  • molybdenum sulphides suitable for slurry processing
  • nickel and molybdenum sulphides nickel and molybdenum sulphides
  • the second hydroprocessing catalyst is chlorided using the one more chloride compounds provided to the second hydroprocessing catalyst by the treated hydrocarbon stream 32.
  • the one or more chloride compounds which contribute to acidification of the second hydroprocessing catalyst may be in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 in concentrations disclosed herein, e.g., 3 to 5 ppm. Chloriding the second hydroprocessing catalyst results in a hydroprocessing catalyst which has hydrocracking sites (chloride alumina) for hydrocracking components of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32.
  • the second hydroprocessing catalyst may be sulphided in the same manner as disclosed for the first hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 (e.g., treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may be spiked with sulphides via a spiking stream, a catalyst activating stream may provide sulphides to the hydroprocessing reactor 41, or both).
  • the polished hydrocarbon stream 43 may contain fewer heavy hydrocarbon molecules than treated hydrocarbon stream 32.
  • the polished hydrocarbon product stream 43 may also contain one or more olefins in a concentration of less than 1 wt% based on the total weight of the polished hydrocarbon product stream 43 (e.g., either via further hydrogenation in hydroprocessing reactor 41, via the hydrogenation which occurs in hydroprocessing reactor 20, or both).
  • the reaction product of the second hydroprocessing reactor 41 flows as effluent from the hydroprocessing reactor 41 in the polished hydrocarbon product stream 43 to the second separator 45.
  • Separator 45 may be any vessel which can recover a polished hydrocarbon stream 42 from the polished hydrocarbon product stream 43 which is fed to the separator 45.
  • the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 may be recovered by separating a polished product (e.g., liquid product or gas product) from chlorine -containing gas in the separator 45, and flowing the polished product in the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 from the separator 45.
  • the separator 45 is a condenser which operates at conditions which condense a portion of the polished hydrocarbon product stream 43 into the polished product (e.g., liquid product or polished liquid product) while leaving chlorine -containing compounds in the gas phase.
  • the polished liquid product flows from the separator 45 in polished hydrocarbon stream 42, and the chlorine-containing gas flows from the separator 45 via gas stream 47 or from the hydroprocessmg reactor 41 via stream 46.
  • the separator 45 is a scrubbing unit containing a caustic solution (e.g., a solution of sodium hydroxide in water) which removes (e.g., via reaction, adsorption, absorption, or combinations thereof) chlorine -containing gases from the polished hydrocarbon product stream 43 to yield the polished product (e.g., gas product or treated gas product) which flows from the separator 45 via polished hydrocarbon stream 42 while the chlorine-containing compounds in the gas phase flow from the separator 45 via chloride stream 47.
  • a caustic solution e.g., a solution of sodium hydroxide in water
  • the separator 45 is a polishing condenser in communication with one or more stages of a gas-liquid separator which are downstream of the condenser, and a polishing scrubbing unit containing a caustic solution.
  • the condenser may operate at conditions which condense a portion of the polished hydrocarbon product stream 43 into a mid-treated polished product while leaving chlorine -containing compounds in the gas phase.
  • the gases flow into the polishing scrubbing unit from the gas-liquid separator kept downstream of the condenser, to provide a sulphur-free and chloride-free treated gas.
  • the mid-treated polished product may comprise C 3 ⁇ 4 + (C 3 ⁇ 4 and heavier) liquid hydrocarbons.
  • the mid-treated polished liquid product flows from the first stage of the gas-liquid separator and experiences a pressure reduction (e.g., via a valve or other pressure reducing device known in the art with the aid of this disclosure) and flows into a second stage of the gas-liquid separator, which creates an effluent gas (e.g., via flashing) which flows to the polishing scrubbing unit for further removal of chlorine -containing compounds from the liquid hydrocarbons.
  • the treated product flowing in polished hydrocarbon stream 42 flows from the second stage of the gas-liquid separator of the separator 45 to the steam cracker 50.
  • the polishing zone 40 may include one or more adsorption units as described above in series with a second hydroprocessing reactor 41/separator 45 of Figure 2, where the adsorption unit dechlorinates the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 and passes an intermediate stream to the second hydroprocessing reactor 41 for further dechlorination to yield the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 having a chloride content required for the steam cracker 50, e.g., less than 3 ppm chlorides.
  • the adsorption unit can be directly downstream of the second hydroprocessing reactor 41.
  • the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 includes one or more chloride compounds in a concentration of less than 3 ppm, 2 ppm, 1 ppm, or 0.5 ppm based on a total weight of the polished hydrocarbon stream 42.
  • the one or more chloride compounds in the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 may be the same as some or all of the one or more chloride compounds in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 and/or hydrocarbon stream 12; alternatively, it is contemplated that only some of the one or more chloride compounds in the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 are the same as only some of the one or more chloride compounds in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 and/or the hydrocarbon stream 12; alternatively, it is contemplated that none of the one or more chloride compounds in the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 are the same as the one or more chloride compounds in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 and/or the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 includes the one or more olefins in a concentration of less than 1 wt% based on the total weight of the polished hydrocarbon stream 42.
  • the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 may have a reduced concentration of heavy hydrocarbon molecules compared to the concentration of heavy hydrocarbon molecules in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 due to hydrocracking of at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules from the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 while the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 is contacted with the second hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 41.
  • the polished hydrocarbon stream 42 may have a boiling end point of 370 °C.
  • the polished hydrocarbon product flowing in polished hydrocarbon stream 42 may be fed directly to the steam cracker 50 (e.g., without fractionation or separation before flowing to the steam cracker 50).
  • Steam cracker 50 generally has feed specification requirements. First, the steam cracker 50 requires the concentration of chloride compounds in the feed to the steam cracker 50 to be less than 3 ppm. Second, the steam cracker 50 requires the concentration of olefins in a stream fed to the steam cracker 50 to be less than 1 wt%. Third, the steam cracker 50 requires the boiling end point of the stream fed to the steam cracker 50 to be 370 °C. The steam cracker 50 cracks molecules or cleaves at elevated temperatures carbon- carbon bonds of the components in the bypass stream 34 or polished hydrocarbon stream 42 in the presence of steam to yield high value products such as ethylene, propylene, butene, butadiene, aromatic compounds, or combinations thereof.
  • the steam cracker 50 cracks molecules or cleaves at elevated temperatures carbon-carbon bonds of the components in the treated light gas product (e.g., of treated pyrolysis light gas stream 62 and/or treated hydroprocessed light gas stream 64) in the presence of steam to yield high value products such as ethylene, propylene, butene, butadiene, aromatic compounds, or combinations thereof.
  • the high value products may flow from the steam cracker 50 via stream 52.
  • One or more of the pyrolysis gases (e.g., d to C 4 gases) in the pyrolysis light gas stream 16, the Ci to C4 gases in the hydroprocessed light gas stream 36, and the d to d gases in the polished light gas stream 46 may flow to a light gas scrubbing unit 60.
  • the Q to C 4 gases may be Q to hydrocarbons.
  • the light gas scrubbing unit 60 may be the same scrubbing unit used in embodiments of the separator 30 which include a scrubbing unit, or the light gas scrubbing unit 60 may be in addition to any scrubbing unit included in the separator 30.
  • the light gas scrubbing unit 60 may contain a caustic solution (e.g., a solution of sodium hydroxide in water) which removes (e.g., via reaction, adsorption, absorption, or combinations thereof) sulphur and chlorine-containing gases from the stream (e.g., pyrolysis light gas stream 16 and/or hydroprocessed light gas stream 46) fed to the light gas scrubbing unit 60 and yield a treated light gas product (e.g., treated pyrolysis light gas stream 62, treated hydroprocessed light gas stream 64, or a single treated light gas stream which combines the treated hydroprocessed product and treated pyrolysis product) which flows from the light gas scrubbing unit 60 to the steam cracker 50.
  • the removed compounds (sulphur and/or chlorine containing gases) may flow from the scrubbing unit 60 in stream 66.
  • the treated pyrolysis light gas stream 62 may include one or more sulphide and/or chloride compounds in a concentration of less than 5 ppm, 4 ppm, 3 ppm, 2 ppm, 1 ppm, or 0.5 ppm based on a total weight of the treated pyrolysis light gas stream 62.
  • the treated hydroprocessed light gas stream 64 may include one or more sulphide and/or chloride compounds in a concentration of less than 5 ppm, 4 ppm, 3 ppm, 2 ppm, 1 ppm, or 0.5 ppm based on a total weight of the treated hydroprocessed light gas stream 64.
  • a non-chlorinated stream may be blended with bypass stream 34 to achieve the feed specification requirements for chlorine content, olefin content, boiling end point, sulphur content, or combinations thereof for the steam cracker 50.
  • a non- chlorinated stream may be blended with treated hydrocarbon stream 32 to lower the chlorine content, olefin content, boiling end point, sulphur content, or combinations thereof such that subsequent treatment in the polishing zone 40 achieves the feed specification requirements for the steam cracker 50.
  • a non-chlorinated stream may be blended with polished hydrocarbon stream 42 to achieve the feed specification requirements for chlorine content, olefin content, boiling end point, sulphur content, or combinations thereof for the steam cracker 50.
  • Utilizing a blending stream provides a mechanism by which the chloride content, sulphur content, olefin content, and boiling end point can be adjusted to meet feed specification requirements of the steam cracker 50 without additional capital expenditure on equipment.
  • the robust integrated processes allow for operation with a single hydroprocessing reactor 20 which provides simultaneous hydrogenation, dechlorination, and hydrocracking of components of a hydrocarbon stream 12 to specifications which meet steam cracker 50 requirements, with the option to further dechlorinate the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 in a polishing zone 40, for example, when the hydroprocessing reactor 20 conditions are modified to maintain hydrogenation/saturation efficiency at the expense of dechlorination efficiency.
  • chloride levels in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 do not meet requirements of steam cracker 50 because the concentration of one or more chloride compounds in the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 is not less than 3 ppm, for example, the concentration is 3-5 ppm.
  • the polishing zone 40 provides for further dechlorination to meet the chloride content requirement of the steam cracker 50.
  • hydrocracking, hydrogenation, or both, of the components of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 may also occur in addition to dechlorination.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 When operating with a single hydroprocessing step in hydroprocessing reactor 20, the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 is suitable for feeding directly to steam cracker 50, without separations or fractionations of the treated hydrocarbon product.
  • the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 When operating with use of the polishing zone 40, the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 is "polished” to yield polished hydrocarbon stream 42 without fractionation or further separation of the polished hydrocarbon stream 42.
  • Catalyst activity of the hydroprocessing catalyst can be initiated and/or maintained simultaneously with the simultaneous hydrogenation, dechlorination, and hydrocracking by using streams of the compositions disclosed herein which feed to a hydroprocessing reactor.
  • the hydroprocessing catalyst in hydroprocessing reactor 20 may be the same or different from the hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 41.
  • the operating conditions of the reactors 20 and 41 may be adjusted to achieve the desired feed specifications for steam cracker 50.
  • catalyst sulphiding may be adjusted.
  • first hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 may be sulphided as disclosed herein while the second hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 41 is not sulphided via the techniques disclosed herein.
  • the first hydroprocessing catalyst can be tuned for simultaneous hydrogenation, dechlorination, and hydrocracking while the second hydroprocessing catalyst can be tuned for dechlorination and hydrocracking (some hydrogenation may occur; however, the concentration of sulphided metal sites which provide for hydrogenation by the second hydroprocessing catalyst is less than the concentration of sulphided metal sites provided by the first hydroprocessing catalyst).
  • the robustness of the disclosed processes may also allow for intermittent sulphiding of the second hydroprocessing catalyst in the hydroprocessing reactor 41 in order to adjust the degree of hydrogenation in the second hydroprocessing reactor as a result of fluctuations in the hydrogenation efficiency in the first hydroprocessing reactor 20.
  • Examples provided below demonstrate the various embodiments of the pyrolysis process for generating a pyrolysis oil or hydrocarbon stream, not limited by the equipment used. These examples are for high severity pyrolysis process carried out at temperatures of 450 °C to 750 °C, low severity pyrolysis process carried out at 250 °C to 450 °C, hydrogen or hydrogen donor assisted (hydropyrolysis) processes carried out at both the above severities as well as use of a catalyst recipe and a combination of sand and catalyst as a catalyst recipe. Though these examples are provided for fluidized beds where in the heat transfer and catalyst/feed contact are good, directionally the same type of results can be obtained with other types of pyrolysis equipment as described herein.
  • hydrocracking of olefins and heavy hydrocarbon molecules contained in a hydrocarbon stream occurs using a hydroprocessing catalyst at the conditions disclosed herein.
  • the olefins are hydrogenated in addition to being hydrocracked.
  • chloride compounds contained in the hydrocarbon stream are removed using hydroprocessing catalyst.
  • Hydrocracking according to the embodiments disclosed herein can occur over the operating pressures disclosed herein for hydroprocessing reactor 20, including those low pressures demonstrated in the examples.
  • Embodiments of the processes disclosed herein meet the boiling end point of 370 °C required for steam crackers.
  • the disclosed embodiments demonstrate that about 30 wt% of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules of a hydrocarbon stream can undergo hydrocracking at the conditions disclosed herein.
  • the hydrocarbon stream contains plastic and/or tire pyrolysis oil
  • the heavier ends of the pyrolysis oil are hydrocracked.
  • Increased levels of paraffins due to the hydrocracking ability of the processes disclosed herein can result in a higher production of propylene in steam crackers.
  • LPG gases are not liberated in the disclosed processes until the temperature of the one or more catalyst beds in the hydroprocessing reactor 20 reaches about 400 °C. Gas product formation is minimized, which is useful for existing plants which are constrained on the gas flow rate to the gas compressor section.
  • the production of methane and ethane is also low.
  • Dechlorination according to the embodiments disclosed herein can occur over the operating temperature ranges disclosed herein for the hydroprocessing reactor 20, including operating temperatures in the low-end of the temperature ranges disclosed herein. Removal of chloride compounds to less than 1 ppm occurs at temperatures below 350 °C. Moreover, achieving sub-ppm chloride compound concentrations is possible with initial chloride content in the hydrocarbon stream 12 of 1,000 ppm or more. Moreover still, removal of chloride compounds is effective for different types and classes of chlorides present in the hydrocarbon stream 12. When the hydroprocessing reaction is conducted at temperatures at or above 350 °C, it has been found that the treated hydrocarbon product contains 3ppm or higher chloride content. In such cases, blending with a non-chlorinated stream can be utilized. For example, the treated hydrocarbon product stream 32, bypass stream,34, polished hydrocarbon stream 42, or combinations thereof can be blended with a non- chlorinated stream in such proportions to make the combined blended treated hydrocarbon stream meet the steam cracker feed specifications.
  • Operation at low temperatures also has an added advantage of corrosion mitigation of the reactor metallurgy.
  • corrosion rates start to increase at reactor temperatures over 300 °C. It has been found that the efficiency of dechlorination according to the disclosed embodiments is good at reactor temperatures below 350 °C, and the dechlorination process works with a sulphided Co-Mo catalyst on an alumina support even as low as 260 °C, with the chlorides in the treated product being less than 1 ppm.
  • the metallurgy corrosion issue is mitigated and longer equipment life is possible while achieving dechlorination to levels desirable for feed to steam cracker 50.
  • the disclosed embodiments also demonstrate olefins in the hydrocarbon product are reduced typically to less than 1 wt% of the treated hydrocarbon stream 32 from a feed olefin concentration of 20 wt% or more in the hydrocarbon stream 12.
  • the disclosed embodiments achieve the pyrolysis of plastics and also requirements of chloride content, olefin content, and boiling end point of the feed for a steam cracker starting from a plastic pyrolysis feed.
  • Examples 1 to 9 were conducted in a fixed bed reactor located inside a 3-zone split-tube furnace.
  • the reactor internal diameter was 13.8 mm and had concentrically located bed thermowell of 3 mm outer diameter.
  • the reactor was 48.6 cm long.
  • Commercial hydroprocessing catalyst of Co-Mo on alumina (8 g bone dry weight) was broken along the length to particles of 1.5 mm long and diluted with SiC in the ratio of 60 % SiC to 40 % catalyst to give a mean particle diameter of 0.34 mm. This was done to avoid slip through of the chlorides due to wall slip or channeling in the small diameter reactor.
  • Pre-heating bed and post-catalyst inert beds was provided in the form of 1mm glass beads.
  • the catalyst bed temperature was controlled to isothermal by varying the controlled furnace zone skin temperatures.
  • the catalyst was sulphided using 3 wt% S in hexadecane (S was introduced as dimethyl disulphide).
  • Liquid feed i.e., the hydrocarbon stream
  • H 2 gas was fed using a mass flow controller.
  • the reactor effluent (i.e., the hydrocarbon product) gases were cooled to condense out the liquids (i.e., the treated hydrocarbon stream in the form of a liquid product) under pressure while allowing non-condensed gases (e.g., containing chloride(s), chlorine, hydrogen sulphide, or combinations thereof) to separate.
  • non-condensed gases e.g., containing chloride(s), chlorine, hydrogen sulphide, or combinations thereof
  • the pressure of the liquids was reduced and effluent gas flow was measured using a drum-type wet gas meter.
  • the effluent gas flow was analyzed using a refinery gas analyzer (a custom gas analyzer from M/s AC Analytical BV).
  • the liquid product olefin content was determined using a Detailed Hydrocarbon Analyzer GC (DHA) and a boiling point characterization was obtained using a SIMDIS GC.
  • the liquid product chloride content was measured using a Chlora M-series analyzer (monochromatic wavelength dispersive X-ray Fluorescence technique, ASTM D7536).
  • Example 1 a hydrocarbon feed mixture was prepared by mixing 30 wt% n-hexadecane, 10 wt% i-octane, 20 wt% 1-decene, 20 wt% cyclohexane, and 20 wt% ethyl benzene. Dimethyl disulphide, 2- chloropentane, 3-chloro-3-methyl pentane, 1-chlorohexane, (2-chloroethyl) benzene, and chlorobenzene were then added to give 205 ppmw organic chlorides and a sulphur content of 2 wt% S in the combined feed mixture.
  • This combined feed mixture was used as the hydrocarbon stream which was contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the packed bed reactor as mentioned above in the presence of H 2 at conditions of 280 °C reactor temperature, 60 barg reactor pressure, 0.92 hr "1 WHSV, and 414 NL/L H 2 /HC flow ratio.
  • the liquid product i.e., the treated hydrocarbon stream
  • the normalized composition of liquid product as measured by DHA was paraffins (26.24 wt%), i-paraffins (17.28 wt%), olefins (0 wt%), naphthenes (33.61 wt%), and aromatics (22.88 wt%).
  • This 22 wt% hexadecane unaccounted in DHA composition is added to the liquid product analyzed by DHA (DHA composition multiplied by 0.78 fraction that was injected into DHA) and the resulting composition of the liquid product is 42.47 wt% paraffins, 13.48 wt% i-paraffins, 0 wt% olefins, 26.21 wt% naphthenes and 17.84 wt% aromatics.
  • the chloride content of the liquid product was 0.09 ppmw.
  • Example 1 demonstrates it is possible to simultaneously dechlorinate, hydrogenate, and hydrocrack a PIONA hydrocarbon stream containing heavy hydrocarbon molecules (e.g., hexadecane), a chloride content of more than 200 ppm, and an olefin content of 20 wt% (calculated based on the feed excluding chloride and sulphides) such that a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules are hydrocracked, chloride content is reduced to less than 1 ppm, and olefins are completely removed (0 wt% in the liquid product).
  • heavy hydrocarbon molecules e.g., hexadecane
  • olefin content e.g., olefin content of 20 wt% (calculated based on the feed excluding chloride and sulphides)
  • Example 1 additionally demonstrates olefins are hydrocracked in addition to being hydrogenated.
  • Example 2 explores the effect of operating pressure on hydrocracking performance.
  • a hydrocarbon feed mixture was prepared by mixing 30 wt% n-hexadecane, 10 wt% i-octane, 20 wt% 1- decene, 20 wt% cyclohexane, and 20 wt% ethyl benzene.
  • Dimethyl disulphide, 2-chloropentane, 3- chloro-3 -methyl pentane, 1-chlorohexane, (2-chloroethyl) benzene, and chlorobenzene were then added to give 205 ppmw organic chlorides and a sulphur content of 2 wt% S in the combined feed mixture.
  • This combined feed mixture was used as a hydrocarbon stream which was contacted the sulphided hydroprocessing catalyst in the packed bed reactor as mentioned above in the presence of H 2 at conditions of 300 °C reactor temperature, 0.92 hr "1 WHSV, and 414 NL/L H 2 /HC flow ratio.
  • Three different pressure conditions were studied: 60 barg for Example 2A, 20 barg for Example 2B, and 10 barg for Example 2C.
  • the liquid products (i.e., the treated hydrocarbon streams) for each of Examples 2A to 2C were analyzed using SIMDIS, and the results are shown below:
  • Example 2A (60 barg) contained 0.183 wt% olefins
  • Example 2B (20 barg) contained 0.047 wt%
  • Example 2C (10 barg) contained 0 wt% olefins. At lower pressures, a significant increase in aromatics is observed.
  • Example 2 demonstrates it is possible to simultaneously dechlorinate and hydrocrack a PIONA hydrocarbon stream containing heavy hydrocarbon molecules (e.g., hexadecane) and a chloride content of more than 200 ppmw such that a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon molecules are hydrocracked and chloride content is reduced to less than 1 ppm for all pressures tested.
  • heavy hydrocarbon molecules e.g., hexadecane
  • Example 3 a hydrocarbon feed mixture was prepared to contain 30 wt% n- hexadecane, 10 wt% i-octane, 20 wt% 1-decene, 20 wt% cyclohexane and 20 wt% ethyl benzene. To this the organic chlorides mentioned in Example 2 above were added along with dimethyl disulphide to give 205 ppm organic chlorides and 2 wt% S in the mixture.
  • This feed was used as a hydrocarbon stream which was contacted with the sulphided hydroprocessing catalyst in the packed bed reactor as mentioned above in the presence of H 2 at conditions of 260 °C reactor temperature, 60 barg reactor pressure, 0.92 hr "1 WHSV and 414 NL/L H 2 /HC flow ratio.
  • the liquid product i.e., the treated hydrocarbon stream
  • Example 3 demonstrates the effective removal of chloride compounds from a hydrocarbon stream at very low temperatures.
  • Example 4 a feed was prepared by mixing plastic pyrolysis oil (36.3 g) with n- hexadecane (240 g), and then adding dimethyl disulphide (the sulphide) and 1-chlorohexane (the chloride compound) to give a sulphur content of 2.34 wt% and 836 ppm chloride in the feed.
  • This feed was used as a hydrocarbon stream which was contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the packed bed reactor as mentioned above in the presence of H 2 under several operating conditions as provided in the table below:
  • Example 4 demonstrates it is possible to dechlorinate a hydrocarbon stream containing plastic pyrolysis oil and having chloride compounds from a chloride content of more than 800 ppm chlorides to less than 5 ppm in the liquid product.
  • the chloride content of the liquid product i.e., the treated hydrocarbon stream
  • Example 4 demonstrates removal of chloride compounds to chloride contents less than 3 ppm, and even sub-ppm levels.
  • Example 5 a feed was prepared by mixing plastic pyrolysis oil (36.3 g) with n-hexadecane (240 g), and then adding dimethyl disulphide (the sulphide) and 1-chlorohexane (the chloride compound) to give a sulphur content of 2.34 wt% and 836 ppm chloride in the feed.
  • This feed was used as a hydrocarbon stream which was contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst (chlorinated and sulphided Co-Mo on alumina) in the packed bed reactor as mentioned above in the presence of H 2 under operating conditions of 40 barg reactor pressure, 400 °C reactor bed temperature, 0.92 hr -1 WHSV, and a hydrogen to hydrocarbon ratio of 414 NL/L.
  • the product from this reactor had 2.94 ppmw chloride.
  • a polishing step was performed by mixing 5 g of the product with 1 g of gamma alumina (the adsorbent) at room temperature for 1 hr to monitor adsorptive performance.
  • the supernatant from this polishing step was analyzed for chloride content, which was found to have 1.46 ppmw chloride.
  • a chloride content from 2.94 ppmw obtained from a near end-of-run condition for the hydroprocessing catalyst (a borderline value for steam cracker feed) was reduced in the polishing step to an acceptable chloride level of 1.46 ppmw.
  • Example 6 a hydrocarbon feed mixture was prepared to contain 30 wt% n-hexadecane, 10 wt% i-octane, 20 wt% 1-decene, 20 wt% cyclohexane, and 20 wt% ethyl benzene. To this were added dimethyl disulphide, 2-chloropentane, 3 -chloro-3 -methyl pentane, 1-chlorohexane, (2-chloroethyl) benzene and chlorobenzene to give 205 ppm organic chlorides and 2wt% S in the mixture.
  • a dechlorination step was performed by mixing 5 g of this feed mixture with 1 g of gamma alumina at room temperature for 1 hr to monitor adsorptive performance. The supernatant was measured for its chloride content, which was found to be 191 ppmw.
  • Example 6 demonstrates that dechlorination by adsorption for hydrocarbon streams contemplated in this disclosure as feeding to a first hydroprocessing reactor does not effectively reduce the chloride content to levels required for steam crackers.
  • Example 6 and Example 5 demonstrate adsorption units may be useful in the disclosed polishing zone, alone or upstream or downstream of a second hydroprocessing reactor.
  • Example 7 a feed was prepared by adding dimethyl disulphide (the sulphide) and 2- chloropentane, 3 -chloro-3 -methyl pentane, 1-chlorohexane, (2-chloroethyl) benzene, and chlorobenzene (the chloride compounds) to n-hexadecane to give a sulphur content of 2wt% in the mixture and a chloride content of 1,095 ppm in the mixture. Each of the chloride compounds contributed approximately 220 ppm to the feed mixture.
  • This feed was used as a hydrocarbon stream which was contacted with the hydroprocessing catalyst in the packed bed reactor as mentioned above in the presence of H 2 at 300 °C reactor bed temperature, 40 barg reactor pressure, 414 NL/L H 2 /HC flow ratio, and 0.92 hr -1 weight hourly space velocity (WHSV).
  • the chloride content of the liquid product i.e., treated hydrocarbon stream was 0.23 ppmw.
  • Example 7 demonstrates it is possible to dechlorinate a hydrocarbon stream containing no olefins and chloride compounds from a chloride content of about 1,100 ppm chlorides to the sub-ppm level in the in the liquid product.
  • Example 8 a hydrocarbon feed mixture was prepared by mixing 30 wt% n-hexadecane, 10 wt% i-octane, 20 wt% 1-decene, 20 wt% cyclohexane, and 20 wt% ethyl benzene. Dimethyl disulphide, 2-chloropentane, 3 -chloro-3 -methyl pentane, 1-chlorohexane, (2-chloroethyl) benzene, and chlorobenzene were then added to give 1,100 ppmw organic chlorides and a sulphur content of 2 wt% S in the combined feed mixture.
  • This combined feed mixture was used as the hydrocarbon stream which was contacted with the hydrogenating catalyst in the packed bed reactor as mentioned above in the presence of H 2 at conditions of 300 °C reactor temperature, 40 barg reactor pressure, 0.92 hr "1 WHSV, and 414 NL/L H 2 /HC flow ratio.
  • the liquid product contained 0.23 ppmw chlorides and paraffins of 22.569 wt%, i- paraffins of 19.752 wt%, olefins of 0.114 wt%, naphthenes of 33.242 wt%, aromatics of 23.7 wt%, unknowns of 0.16wt% and heavies of 0.463 wt% as per DHA analysis. This again demonstrates the dechlorination of liquid at much higher chloride concentrations.
  • DHA Group type analysis of the liquid product by carbon number (in wt%) is as below:
  • the yield of liquid products was 95.5wt% of the total products.
  • the balance was gas products.
  • Example 9 a n-hexadecane feed mixture was prepared by mixing n-hexadecane with dimethyl disulphide, 2-chloropentane, 3 -chloro-3 -methyl pentane, 1-chlorohexane, (2-chloroethyl) benzene, and chlorobenzene to give 1,034 ppm of chlorides and 2 wt% Sulphur in the feed.
  • This combined feed mixture was used as the hydrocarbon stream which was contacted with the hydrogenating catalyst in the packed bed reactor as mentioned above in the presence of H 2 at conditions of 300 °C reactor temperature, 40 barg reactor pressure, 0.92 hr "1 WHSV, and 414 NL/L H 2 /HC flow ratio.
  • the liquid product contained 0.3 ppmw chlorides and paraffins of 22.569 wt%, i-paraffins of 19.752 wt%, olefins of 0.114 wt%, naphthenes of 33.242 wt%, aromatics of 23.7 wt%, unknowns of 0.16 wt% and heavies of 0.463 wt% as per DHA analysis. This again demonstrates the dechlorination of liquid at high chloride concentrations to sub-ppm levels.
  • Example 10 shows a high severity operation for the pyrolysis unit 10.
  • the mixed plastics feed had the following composition:
  • the reaction temperature at start of reaction was 670 °C.
  • the one-minute average bed temperatures achieved was 569.6 °C.
  • the Catalyst/Feed (C/F) ratio was 6.
  • Huidization N 2 gas flow rate used was 175N cc/min.
  • Overall aromatic and liquid i-paraffin product yields and aromatic and liquid i-paraffin content in liquid product boiling below 240 °C were 31.6 wt% and 5.76 wt%, respectively. Their respective concentrations in the liquid product boiling below 240 °C was 74.72 wt% and 13.22 wt%.
  • the yield of light gas olefins, i.e., the sum of yields of ethylene, propylene and butenes was 32.69 wt%, and the total yield of gas products was 45.17 wt%.
  • Example 11 shows a high severity operation for the pyrolysis unit 10, operated in a hydrogen- assisted hydropyrolysis mode.
  • An amount of 1.5 g of mixed plastics was mixed with 9 g of a catalyst mixture comprising 62.5 wt% spent FCC catalyst and 37.5 wt% ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst.
  • the combined mixture was then fed to the fluidized bed reactor described in Example 1.
  • the plastic feed was in the form of a 200 micron plastic powder.
  • a mixture of 10% H 2 in N 2 was employed as the carrier gas at a flow rate of 175 N cc/min.
  • the yield of light gas olefins per unit amount of coke deposited on the catalyst is higher in the case of hydropyrolysis. This implies that more light gas olefins would be produced in a circulating fluid catalytic cracking type of unit. In these units, performance is compared on a constant coke yield basis. This is because the amount of coke burnt off in the regenerator is limited by the air availability in the regenerator and as a result the regenerated catalyst returned back to the riser would have more or less coke on it which would in turn affect its activity in the riser.
  • Additional benefits include:
  • Example 12 shows a low severity pyrolysis operation.
  • the experimental set up consisted of a stainless steel reactor pot followed by a fixed bed (tubular) reactor packed with ZSM-5 zeolite extrudates and the outlet of this tubular reactor was connected to a stainless steel condenser/receiver tank.
  • the reactor pot was heated using heating tapes with temperature controller.
  • An amount of 100 g of mixed plastic as per composition provided in Example 10 was charged along with ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst powder of 75 microns average particle size into the reactor and the heating was started.
  • the reactor temperature was maintained constant at 450 °C for a period of 1 hr.
  • Experiment 1 Equivalent to 5 wt% of the feed was the catalyst charged in the tubular reactor and 5 wt% equivalent catalyst was charged in the reactor pot (i.e. 10 wt% of catalyst overall).
  • Experiment 2 Equivalent to 5 wt% of the feed was the catalyst charged in the tubular reactor and 15 wt% equivalent catalyst was charged in the reactor pot (i.e. 20 wt% catalyst overall).
  • Figure 2 shows the boiling point distribution of the liquid product obtained indicated that 95 wt% of the liquid product boiled below 370 °C.
  • Example 13 demonstrates a low severity pyrolysis with PVC present in the feed.
  • An amount of 100 g of mixed plastic feed as per the composition provided in Example 10 above was mixed with 2 wt% of ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst powder and heated in a round bottom flask fitted with a condenser. The round bottom flask was maintained at 360 °C for 1 hour. The liquid product had 60 ppmw chlorides.
  • a similar experiment conducted with head space purging of the round bottom flask with N 2 gas provided a liquid product with no detectable chloride content. Chloride content in the liquid products was determined by fusing liquid products in NaOH followed by extraction in water and measurement of the resultant aqueous solution chloride content using ion chromatography. This example also demonstrates the possibility of head space purging in a pyrolysis unit to enhance dechlorination.
  • Example 14 demonstrates a low severity pyrolysis process in a fluidized bed.
  • An amount of 1.5 g of mixed plastic feed as per composition provided in Example 10 was mixed with 9.05 g of a catalyst mixture containing 62.5 wt% of FCC spent catalyst and 37.5 wt% of ZSM-5 Zeolite catalyst. This combined mixture was charged into the fluidized bed reactor described in Example 10. Before charging of feed and catalyst mixture the reactor was at a temperature of 450 °C. The reactor temperature decreased as the feed was charged and later increased to the set point of 450 °C. Data provided below also captures the temperature profile in the reactor bed as a function of time.
  • the 1 min, 6 min, and 10 min average bed temperatures were 333 °C, 369 °C, and 395 °C, respectively.
  • the 1 min average represents the average reaction temperature severity when most temperature changes occur in the reactor.
  • the 6 min average represents the temperature severity when the reactor temperature has recovered and reached the previously set value. Most of the conversion in the low severity case was expected to have been completed at the 6 min average.
  • the data below shows that the liquid product is highly aromatic, the heavier than 370 °C boiling material is only about 2 wt%, and more than 90 wt% of the liquid product boils below 350 °C.
  • Example 15 demonstrates how a steam cracker is used in combination with pyrolysis and hydroprocessing unit.
  • Gases (C -C4) from a pyrolysis unit and hydroprocessing facility are fed to gas crackers.
  • Liquids from the hydroprocessing facility are fed to liquid steam crackers.
  • Example 16 demonstrates a process for sulphiding a hydroprocessing catalyst. The particular steps of the process are shown in Figure 3. The time of 0 hours (zero time) in Figure 3 corresponds to a time after the hydroprocessing catalyst is introduced into the hydroprocessing reactor.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor (having previously been loaded with the hydroprocessing catalyst) was purged with hydrogen for 30 to 60 minutes at a set operating pressure (e.g., 40 to 60 barg).
  • the set operating pressure was maintained by venting the reactor when the pressure of the reactor during hydrogen purging increased above the set operating pressure (e.g., due to a hydrogen source pressure greater than the set operating pressure).
  • the sulphiding feed was then introduced into the reactor using a high pressure pump against the set reactor pressure at a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 3 hr "1 (on bone-dry catalyst basis).
  • the sulphiding feed (e.g., for use in spiking stream 14 of Figure 1) was prepared by mixing n-hexadecane with dimethyl disulphide in appropriate quantity to give 3 wt% sulphur based on total weight of the sulphiding feed.
  • n-hexadecane is used for the sulphiding feed.
  • straight-run naphtha, diesel, or vacuum gas oils can also be used.
  • Figure 3 indicates the hydroprocessing catalyst was soaked with a sulphiding feed without a flow of hydrogen in the reactor and at ambient temperature for a period of 3 hours (ending at time 3.5 hours after zero time in Figure 3). Catalyst soaking provides for complete wetting of the hydroprocessing catalyst; however, soaking is optional. Liquid was drained from the bottom of a downstream gas liquid separator.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor bed temperature was raised to 250 °C at a rate of 30 °C per hour with a flow of H 2 at a ratio of 200NL H 2 /L liquid feed. As shown in Figure 3, the temperature was increased from a time of 3.5 hours to a time of 10.8 hours after zero time.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor bed temperature was then held at 250 °C for a period of 8 hours. As shown in Figure 3, the temperature was held from a time of 10.8 hours to a time of 18.8 hours after zero time.
  • the bed temperature was further increased to 320 °C to 350 °C at a rate of 20 °C per hour without any temperature overshoot at the final temperature. As shown in Figure 3, the temperature was increased from a time of 18.8 hours to a time of 22.3 hours after zero time.
  • the hydroprocessing reactor bed temperature was then maintained at 320 °C to 350 °C for a period of 8 hours. As shown in Figure 3, the temperature was maintained at 320 °C to 350 °C from a time of 22.3 hours to a time of 30.0 hours after zero time.

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un procédé robuste intégré pour la conversion de déchets de matières plastiques en produits de grande valeur. Le procédé robuste intégré peut être mis en œuvre avec un seul réacteur d'hydrotraitement qui permet d'effectuer de manière simultanée l'hydrogénation, la déchloration et l'hydrocraquage de constituants d'un flux d'hydrocarbures jusqu'à atteindre des spécifications qui satisfont à des exigences du vapocraqueur, sachant que le flux d'hydrocarbures traité peut être encore déchloré dans une zone de polissage.
PCT/IB2016/051137 2015-03-10 2016-03-01 Procédé robuste intégré pour la conversion de déchets de matières plastiques en produits pétrochimiques finis WO2016142809A1 (fr)

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