US 12,403,455 B2
Catalytic hydroconversion of polypropylene-based plastic waste to lubricant base-oils
Dionisios G. Vlachos, Newark, DE (US); Sibao Liu, Tianjin (CN); Brandon Vance, Newark, DE (US); Cong Wang, Glenn Mills, PA (US); and Pavel Kots, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to University of Delaware, Newark, DE (US)
Appl. No. 18/281,349
Filed by University of Delaware, Newark, DE (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/019667
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/192484, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,024, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0165590 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B01J 23/46 (2006.01); B01J 21/06 (2006.01); B01J 21/08 (2006.01); B01J 21/18 (2006.01); B01J 23/10 (2006.01); B01J 23/75 (2006.01); B01J 23/755 (2006.01); B01J 23/94 (2006.01); B01J 23/96 (2006.01); B01J 37/02 (2006.01); B01J 37/18 (2006.01); B01J 38/02 (2006.01); B01J 38/10 (2006.01); C10G 1/06 (2006.01); C10G 1/10 (2006.01); C10M 105/04 (2006.01); C10M 177/00 (2006.01); C10N 70/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 23/462 (2013.01) [B01J 21/063 (2013.01); B01J 21/08 (2013.01); B01J 21/18 (2013.01); B01J 23/10 (2013.01); B01J 23/75 (2013.01); B01J 23/755 (2013.01); B01J 23/94 (2013.01); B01J 23/96 (2013.01); B01J 37/0201 (2013.01); B01J 37/18 (2013.01); B01J 38/02 (2013.01); B01J 38/10 (2013.01); C10G 1/06 (2013.01); C10G 1/10 (2013.01); C10M 105/04 (2013.01); C10M 177/00 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1003 (2013.01); C10M 2203/003 (2013.01); C10N 2070/00 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for converting plastic comprising a polyolefin polymer to a lubricant, comprising contacting the plastic with a catalyst represented by the Formula (I):
A/[RmQn]  (I),
at a temperature between about 200° C. and about 400° C.; wherein
A is a metal selected from a group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, platinum, palladium, nickel, cobalt, tin, iron, copper, and a combination thereof;
[RmQn] is a supporting material; wherein
R is selected from a group consisting of carbon (C), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), cerium (Ce), titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), zirconium (Zr), and a combination thereof;
Q is absent or oxygen;
m is 1, 2, or 3;
n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; and
the symbol “/” means that the moiety A is deposited on the moiety [RmQn].