US 12,269,994 B2
Separation systems and methods for processing organic polymeric materials
Dominic O. Rosace, Sagamore Hills, OH (US); Jeremy J. DeBenedictis, Macedonia, OH (US); Stanley G. Prybyla, Brecksville, OH (US); Scott M. Sass, Seville, OH (US); and Nicholas A. VanSuch, Mogadore, OH (US)
Assigned to Alterra Energy, LLC, Akron, OH (US)
Filed by Alterra Energy, LLC, Akron, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,467.
Application 17/952,467 is a continuation of application No. 17/879,458, filed on Aug. 2, 2022.
Application 17/879,458 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/045787, filed on Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/193,669, filed on May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,371, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,414, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,316, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,391, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0279298 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. C10G 1/10 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); B01J 6/00 (2006.01); C10G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC C10G 1/10 (2013.01) [B01D 5/0027 (2013.01); B01D 5/0036 (2013.01); B01D 17/0217 (2013.01); B01J 6/00 (2013.01); C10G 1/002 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1003 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
 
1. A separations train, comprising:
a first condenser,
the first condenser configured to output an overhead and a bottoms,
the bottoms of the first condenser comprising a char and a pyrolysis oil product and the separations train configured to divide the bottoms of the first condenser into a first portion that is recycled to the first condenser and a second portion that is advanced as a feed material,
the first portion and the second portion having the same composition;
a second condenser,
the second condenser configured to (a) receive the overhead of the first condenser and (b) output an overhead and a bottoms,
the overhead of the first condenser being free of contact with the bottoms of the second condenser, and
a third condenser,
the third condenser configured to receive the overhead of the second condenser and the third condenser configured to produce, from the overhead of the second condenser, a noncondensed product and a condensed light product; and
a separation module,
the separation module being configured to receive the second portion of the bottoms of the condenser,
the separation module being operable to separate the char and the pyrolysis oil of the second portion from one another; and
a receiving line configured to receive pyrolysis oil product from the separation module.