SABIC
Agreement for chemical recycling with Synova, Technip / Olefins and aromatics from plastics waste
 The partners said the final product will be compatible with processing in a steam cracker (Photo: Sabic) |
Resin maker Sabic (Riyadh; www.sabic.com) and engineering contractor Technip Energies (Paris; www.technipenergies.com) are joining forces with technology provider Synova (Maasluis, The Netherlands; www.synovatech.com) to develop and build a commercial plant to produce olefins and aromatics from plastics waste.
Late in November 2022, the three partners signed a joint development and cooperation agreement to kick-start the project. The new facility is to use a combined technology developed by Synova and technology think-tank T.EN affiliated with Technip, and will be integrated with one of Sabic’s steam crackers to help close the loop.
The technology leverages Synova’s proprietary solids cracking technology (MILENA) in combination with its gas conditioning and tars removal technology (OLGA) to convert plastics waste into product gas containing high value chemicals.
Subsequently, the T.EN proprietary gas treatment technology, Pure.rGas, will be used to remove contaminants from the product gas and purify it to create a final product compatible with processing in a steam cracker downstream of the cracker furnace.
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According to the companies, the process turns spent plastics into value-added chemicals and enables an efficient plastics circularity route and a “significant reduction” of greenhouse gas emissions.
To support the project and bolster Synova and the collaboration, Sabic’s venture fund Sabic Ventures US Holdings is investing an undisclosed sum in the Dutch technology firm, which it said will enable it to enhance the development of its technology and strengthen its engineering capabilities.
Building on the existing ties between Technip and Synova, Bhaskar Patel, Technip‘s senior VP Sustainable Fuels, Chemicals and Circularity, said the French company looks forward to supporting Sabic’s circularity ambitions by providing its technological expertise for the purification of pyrolysis gas together with its engineering skillsets for a successful commercial plant.
Late in November 2022, the three partners signed a joint development and cooperation agreement to kick-start the project. The new facility is to use a combined technology developed by Synova and technology think-tank T.EN affiliated with Technip, and will be integrated with one of Sabic’s steam crackers to help close the loop.
The technology leverages Synova’s proprietary solids cracking technology (MILENA) in combination with its gas conditioning and tars removal technology (OLGA) to convert plastics waste into product gas containing high value chemicals.
Subsequently, the T.EN proprietary gas treatment technology, Pure.rGas, will be used to remove contaminants from the product gas and purify it to create a final product compatible with processing in a steam cracker downstream of the cracker furnace.
Related: Technip to outfit Belgian ethane cracker
According to the companies, the process turns spent plastics into value-added chemicals and enables an efficient plastics circularity route and a “significant reduction” of greenhouse gas emissions.
To support the project and bolster Synova and the collaboration, Sabic’s venture fund Sabic Ventures US Holdings is investing an undisclosed sum in the Dutch technology firm, which it said will enable it to enhance the development of its technology and strengthen its engineering capabilities.
Building on the existing ties between Technip and Synova, Bhaskar Patel, Technip‘s senior VP Sustainable Fuels, Chemicals and Circularity, said the French company looks forward to supporting Sabic’s circularity ambitions by providing its technological expertise for the purification of pyrolysis gas together with its engineering skillsets for a successful commercial plant.
07.12.2022 Plasteurope.com [251668-0]
Published on 07.12.2022
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