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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Ki-Hyouk Choi, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A process for treating a plastic waste and a spent caustic, the process comprising the steps of mixing a feed plastic and a spent caustic stream in a feed mixer to produce a mixed feed, wherein the feed plastic comprises the plastic waste in the form of plastic waste chips; introducing the mixed feed to a hydrothermal reactor; reacting the mixed feed in the hydrothermal reactor to produce an effluent, wherein chlorine is removed from the plastic waste in the presence of the sodium hydroxide, wherein the chlorine reacts with sodium hydroxide to produce sodium chloride and water; introducing the effluent to a washing and dewatering unit, wherein the effluent comprises liquid phase materials and solid materials, wherein the solid materials comprise dechlorinated plastics; and separating the liquid phase materials and solid materials in the washing and dewatering unit to produce a dechlorinated plastic waste and a neutralized wastewater.