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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce Roger Debruin, Gray, TN (US);
Daryl Bitting, Longview, TX (US);
David Eugene Slivensky, Tatum, TX (US);
Xianchun Wu, Longview, TX (US);
Travis Wynn Keever, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Michael Paul Ekart, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jaclyn Erin Shuman, Kingsport, TN (US);
Timothy Glenn Schaefer, Kingsport, TN (US);
Justin William Murphy, Kingsport, TN (US);
David Milton Lange, Blountville, TN (US);
Aaron Nathaniel Edens, Weber City, VA (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
Described are methods for processing waste plastic that comprise withdrawing a terephthalyl column bottoms coproduct stream from a solvolysis facility used to process PET-containing waste plastic and introducing at least a portion of the coproduct stream into at least one of the following: (i) a partial oxidation (POX) gasification facility; (ii) a pyrolysis facility; (iii) a cracker facility; and (iv) an energy generation/energy production facility; and solvolysis coproduct compositions formed within a solvolysis facility for processing polyester terephthalate-containing waste plastic.