The recycled benzene, toluene and xylenes, known as CIRCULAR BTX, will be available to current and potential commercial partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The samples are made at Anellotech\u2019s TCat-8 facility \u2014 a fully automated, 30-meter-tall pilot plant located inside Trecora\u2019s Silsbee, Texas facility\u2014 during ongoing studies demonstrating Anellotech\u2019s Plas-TCat catalytic pyrolysis technology. TCat-8 can operate 24\/7 and converts a representative mixed waste plastics feedstock \u2014 including all major plastic types, with the exception of PVC, into BTX, light olefins and paraffins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That plant\u2019s nameplate capacity is 0.5 tons per day, and Plas-TCat\u2019s scalable fluidized bed reactor design provides a path to larger commercial production plants capable of addressing substantial global recycling goals. Plas-TCat employs one thermal catalytic reactor to convert a broad range of mixed waste plastics into the same valuable chemical feedstocks used today to make virgin plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These include benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) as well as ethylene, propylene and butylene (light olefins). Based on a proprietary catalyst and fluid bed reactor-regenerator system, Plas-TCat provides a new, direct route to light olefins and aromatics from heterogeneous plastic waste streams\u2014without the need for steam cracker furnaces. The technology can effectively process a wide range of waste plastics, alone or within composites. This includes polyolefins, polyamides (nylon), PET, polycarbonate and polystyrene. With the completion of these continuous process runs Plas-TCat is now at Technology\u00a0Readiness Level\u00a0\u00a06.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on a proprietary catalyst and fluid bed reactorregenerator system, Plas-TCat provides a new, direct route to light olefins and aromatics from plastic waste streams \u2014 such as polyolefins, polyamides (nylon), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate and polystyrene \u2014 without the need for steam cracker furnaces. The resulting output of benzene, toluene and xylenes, as well as ethylene, propylene and butylene (light olefins), are suitable after separation for plastics manufacturers to produce a wide range of virgin plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most impressive processing trial took place at Anellotech\u2019s TCat- 8TM fully automated, 30 meter tall pilot plant near Houston, Texas. Better than that, this is not a mevhanical recycling of plastics, with structural flaws and weaknesses. This is re-virginized plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anellotech shared some fascinating data they gathered on major PET-using brand owners like Coca-Cola, Keurig Dr. Pepper and Pepsico<\/a> as well as textile recycling brands like H&M and Levi\u2019s<\/a>. Here\u2019s are some highlights of what they found so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Multi-Slide Guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n