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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2023
Applicant:

Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);

Inventor:

Hye-Kyung C. Timken, Albany, CA (US);

Assignee:

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 11/12 (2006.01); C07C 4/22 (2006.01); C10G 1/00 (2006.01); C10M 101/02 (2006.01); C10M 177/00 (2006.01); C10N 70/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/22 (2013.01); C08J 11/12 (2013.01); C10G 1/002 (2013.01); C10M 101/02 (2013.01); C10M 177/00 (2013.01); C08J 2323/06 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1003 (2013.01); C10G 2300/202 (2013.01); C10G 2300/205 (2013.01); C10G 2300/308 (2013.01); C10G 2400/02 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01); C10G 2400/06 (2013.01); C10G 2400/08 (2013.01); C10G 2400/10 (2013.01); C10M 2203/1006 (2013.01); C10N 2070/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a continuous process for converting waste plastic into recycle for polyethylene polymerization. The process comprises selecting waste plastics containing polyethylene and/or polypropylene and preparing a blend of petroleum and the selected plastic. The amount of plastic in the blend comprises no more than 20 wt. % of the blend. The blend is passed to a refinery hydrocracking unit. A liquid petroleum gas C-Colefin/paraffin mixture, and optionally naphtha, is recovered from the hydrocracking unit and passed to a steam cracker to make ethylene. A heavy fraction can also be recovered from the hydrocracking unit and passed to an isomerization dewaxing unit to prepare base oil.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Timken, Hye-Kyung. (2026). Circular economy for plastic waste to polyethylene and base oil via refinery hydrocracking unit (U.S. Patent No. 12679789). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12679789

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