Red mud and beta zeolite for simultaneous dehalogenation and conversion of plastic derived oil to fuels and chemicals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026092219-A1
Application number	US-202418903358-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 1, 2024
Priority date	Oct 1, 2024
Publication date	Apr 2, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A hybrid catalyst for simultaneous dehalogenation and cracking of plastic derived oil includes a plurality of composite particles, wherein each of the composite particles includes red mud particles and beta zeolite particles. A process for upgrading plastic derived oil includes contacting the plastic derived oil with the hybrid catalyst. A system for upgrading plastic derived oil includes an FCC reactor containing the hybrid catalyst.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A hybrid catalyst for simultaneous dehalogenation and cracking of plastic derived oil, the hybrid catalyst comprising a plurality of composite particles, wherein each of the composite particles comprises red mud particles and beta zeolite particles.

2 . The hybrid catalyst of claim 1 , wherein a catalyst weight ratio of the red mud particles to the beta zeolite particles in the hybrid catalyst is from 0.1 to 1.

3 . The hybrid catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the composite particles comprise:
from 1 wt. % to 20 wt. % red mud particles; and from 5 wt. % to 40 wt. % beta zeolite particles.

4 . The hybrid catalyst of claim 1 , further comprising a matrix material and a binder.

5 . The hybrid catalyst of claim 4 , further comprising:
from 20 wt. % to 60 wt. % of the matrix material; and from 10 wt. % to 20 wt. % of the binder.

6 . The hybrid catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the red mud particles comprise Fe 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 , TiO 2 , CaO, SiO 2 , and Na 2 O.

7 . The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the red mud particles comprise:
from 5 wt. % to 60 wt. % Fe 2 O 3 ; from 5 wt. % to 30 wt. % Al 2 O 3 ; from 0 wt. % to 15 wt. % TiO 2 ; from 2 wt. % to 14 wt. % CaO; from 3 wt. % to 50 wt. % SiO 2 ; and from 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % Na 2 O based on the total weight of the red mud.

8 . The hybrid catalyst of claim 1 , wherein a total surface area of the hybrid catalyst is from 100 m 2 /g to 170 m 2 /g.

9 . The hybrid catalyst of claim 1 , wherein an average pore size of the hybrid catalyst is from 60 nm to 85 nm.

10 . A process for upgrading plastic derived oil, the process comprising contacting the plastic derived oil with the hybrid catalyst of claim 1 in an FCC reactor to produce an FCC effluent and a used hybrid catalyst, wherein:
the FCC reactor is a fluidized bed reactor;
the plastic derived oil comprises halogen-containing compounds;
the contacting the plastic derived oil with the hybrid catalyst at reaction conditions causes at least a portion of the halogen-containing compounds to react to form hydrocarbons and hydrogen halides, where the hydrogen halides are adsorbed onto surfaces of the red mud particles;
the contacting the plastic derived oil with the hybrid catalyst at reaction conditions causes hydrocarbons in the plastic derived oil to undergo cracking reactions to produce the FCC effluent;
the FCC effluent has a concentration of the halogen-containing compounds less than a concentration of the halogen-containing compounds in the plastic derived oil; and
the FCC effluent comprises light olefins, light naphtha, jet fuel constituents, and diesel constituents.

11 . The process of claim 10 , wherein the FCC effluent has a concentration of halogen-containing compounds of less than 100 ppmw.

12 . The process of claim 10 , wherein the FCC reactor operates at a pressure of from 101 kPa to 303 kPa and a temperature of from 500° C. to 650° C.

13 . The process of claim 10 , wherein the FCC reactor has a catalyst-to-oil ratio of from 2 to 40.

14 . The process of claim 10 , wherein the plastic derived oil comprises:
from 20 wt. % to 35 wt. % light naphtha range hydrocarbons; from 40 wt. % to 70 wt. % jet fuel constituents; from 5 wt. % to 25 wt. % diesel range constituents; and from 5 wt. % to 25 wt. % heavy compounds.

15 . The process of claim 10 , further comprising producing the plastic derived oil from solid waste plastic.

16 . The process of claim 15 , wherein producing the plastic derived oil from solid waste plastic comprises:
melting the solid waste plastic to produce a liquefied plastic stream; subjecting the liquefied plastic stream to pyrolysis to produce the plastic derived oil.

17 . A system for upgrading plastic derived oil, the system comprising:
an FCC reactor containing the hybrid catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the FCC reactor is a fluidized bed reactor configured to contact a plastic derived oil stream with the hybrid catalyst to produce an FCC effluent; a fluid-solid separation unit disposed at an outlet end of the FCC reactor, wherein the fluid-solid separation unit is configured to separate the FCC effluent from a used hybrid catalyst; and a catalyst regenerator disposed downstream of the fluid-solid separation unit, wherein the catalyst regenerator is configured to regenerate the used hybrid catalyst to produce a regenerated hybrid catalyst.

18 . The system of claim 17 , further comprising:
a water wash unit disposed upstream of the FCC reactor, where the water wash unit is configured to contact the plastic derived oil stream with water to remove inorganic contaminants, polar contaminants, or both from the plastic derived oil to produce a washed plastic derived oil; and an adsorption unit disposed between the water wash unit and the FCC reactor, where the upstream adsorption unit is configured to contact the washed plastic derived oil with an adsorbent to remove at least a portion of the halogen-containing compounds from the washed plastic derived oil to produce a treated plastic derived oil.

19 . The system of claim 17 , further comprising:
a pyrolysis reactor upstream of the FCC reactor, where the pyrolysis reactor is configured to subject a liquefied plastic stream to pyrolysis to produce the plastic derived oil stream; and a dehalogenation reactor upstream of the pyrolysis reactor, where the dehalogenation reactor is configured to melt solid plastic waste to produce the liquefied plastic stream.

20 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the FCC reactor is a riser reactor or a downer reactor.

Assignees

• Saudi Arabian Oil Co

Inventors

• Akah Aaron Chi
• Al-Mana Noor Nasser
• Al-Bahar Mohammed Z
• Bamagain Rami A
• Fadhel Bandar A

Classifications

• C10G2400/20

  C2-C4 olefins · CPC title

• C10G2400/08

  Jet fuel · CPC title

• C10G2400/04

  Diesel oil · CPC title

• C10G2300/1055

  Diesel having a boiling range of about 230 - 330 °C · CPC title

• C10G2300/1003

  Waste materials · CPC title