I-Corps: Process Intensification in a Multi-Product Waste Polyolefin Refinery

I-Corps：多产品废聚烯烃炼油厂的工艺强化

• 批准号: 2015919
• 负责人: David Shonnard
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-01 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2015919&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Process; Intensification; Multi; Product; Corps; Process; Intensification; Multi; Product

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a low-cost and energy-efficient conversion of mixed waste plastics into an intermediate product that the petrochemical industry can convert into new polymer resin. This new technology will revolutionize the plastics recycling industry and will allow for closed-loop plastic material flows. The process technology will improve recycling of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plastics from materials recovery facilities (MRFs), significant because PE and PP comprise over 50% of global plastics production and post-consumer waste generation. The proposed process is modular and small footprint so that it may be deployed over a wide range of scales to serve municipalities of various population sizes. The products from this process may be of great interest to petrochemical firms who are seeking solutions to recycling and a circular economy for plastics. This project will explore translation to help municipalities, counties, and states achieve higher mandated recycle rates for PE and PP plastics. This I-Corps project is based on the development of a novel waste plastics recycling process that will enable a circular economy for olefin plastics, polyethylene and polypropylene, and contribute to the solution of the global waste plastics problem. The design of the proposed technology combines multiple functions into each process unit, increasing energy efficiency and cost savings. The technology is based on rapid conversion at elevated temperature in a reactor with precise control over the molecular conversion mechanisms. In addition, the process may generate a range of chemical products, such as monomers, aromatic intermediates, and fuel-range liquid products substituting for petroleum naphtha, diesel, jet, and gasoline.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是将混合废物塑料的低成本和节能转化为中间产品的发展，石化工业可以转化为新的聚合物树脂。这项新技术将彻底改变塑料回收行业，并允许闭环塑料材料流。 该工艺技术将改善材料回收设施（MRF）的聚乙烯（PE）和聚丙烯（PP）塑料的回收，因为PE和PP占全球塑料生产和消费后废物的50％以上。 拟议的过程是模块化的，且占地面积小，因此可以在各种规模上部署它，以服务于各种人口规模的市政当局。这一过程中的产品可能引起人们的极大兴趣，这些公司正在寻求解决方案以回收利用和塑料循环经济。 该项目将探索翻译，以帮助市政当局，县和州实现PE和PP塑料的更高命令的回收率。 这个I-Corps项目基于一种新型废物塑料回收过程的开发，该过程将使烯烃塑料，聚乙烯和聚丙烯为循环经济，并有助于解决全球废物塑料问题的解决方案。所提出的技术的设计将多个功能结合到每个过程单元中，从而提高能源效率和节省成本。该技术基于在反应堆中升高温度下的快速转化，对分子转换机制进行了精确控制。此外，该过程可能会产生一系列化学产品，例如单体，芳香剂中间体和燃油范围液体产品，代替石油石脑油，柴油，喷气和汽油。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识优点和广泛的criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia crighitia rection criperia rectualion this奖。