(79b) Managing Challenges in the Production and Use of Pyrolysis Oil
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2022
2022 Spring Meeting and 18th Global Congress on Process Safety Proceedings
Topical 4: The 34th Ethylene Producers Conference
Ethylene Plant Feedstock Contaminants
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - 8:30am to 8:55am
Pyrolysis oil has become an important part of the circular plastics story, offering a convenient way to convert post-consumer waste and other waste polymer streams into a liquid capable of substituting virgin steam cracker feedstocks for the production of new polymers. However, producing and processing pyrolysis oil is not without its challenges. In this paper we present several of these topics, identifying not only the pitfalls but also offering potential solutions