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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2020
Optimized depolymerization process by glycolysis of a polyester comprising polyethylene terephthalte
Ifp Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Olivier Thinon, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Mayara Azin Gondim Paiva, Lyons, FR;
IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process of depolymerization of a polyester feedstock comprising PET, which comprises: a) a conditioning step; b) a glycolysis step in the presence of diol; c) a step of separation of the diol, producing at least a gaseous diol effluent, at least a liquid diol effluent and a liquid monomers effluent; g) a step of separating said liquid monomers effluent into a heavy impurities effluent and a prepurified monomers effluent, this step being conducted with a residence time of less than 10 min; e) a step of decolourizing the prepurified monomers effluent, in the presence of at least one adsorbent, and f) a diol purification step, which is supplied with at least a gaseous diol effluent and at least a liquid diol effluent, which are obtained from step c), and which produces a purified diol effluent and one or more impurities effluent(s).