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THE TECHNOLOGY

A GLOBALLY SCALABLE SOLUTION FOR FLEXIBLE WASTE PLASTIC

Turning waste plastic back into hydrocarbon feedstocks would take nature 200 million years. Mura’s ground-breaking HydroPRS™ advanced plastic recycling process does it in just 30 minutes.

THE HYDROPRS™ PROCESS

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Waste Plastic Preparation

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The process begins by preparing the plastic. The feedstock is shredded and contaminants such as glass, grit, metals, and stones are removed.

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Melt & Pressurisation

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The shredded plastic mix is then melted and pressurised.

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Supercritical Steam

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The supercritical steam is mixed with the plastic.

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Heat

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The mix is further heated.

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HydroPRS™ Reactor

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In the reactor, the plastics are broken down into liquid hydrocarbons and gas. This conversion takes as little as 30 minutes.

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Depressurise

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Following conversion, pressure is released. Energy recovered in this process is used to drive product separation.

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Product Separation

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Products are separated into individual fractions for storage and onward sale to customers. Process gas is recovered and used in the process to generate supercritical steam. This saves energy and reduces the reliance on fossil fuels such as natural gas.

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Product Upgrading (Process Bolt-On)

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Mura and Engineering Partner KBR are currently developing upgrading integration into the existing HydroPRS™ design.

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Product Storage

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The products are stored before shipping to petrochemical customers, for use in the manufacture of new plastics and other materials.

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A WIDER SCOPE FOR RECYCLING TARGET FEEDSTOCK

Mura’s Target feedstock includes the flexible, multi-layered materials that cannot be processed via traditional mechanical means, such as flexible films and multi-material rigids. These materials would instead be sent to incineration or landfill.

HydroPRS™ instead offers a viable recycling route, as part of a circular economy for plastic.

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A WIDER SCOPE FOR RECYCLING TYPE & SOURCE

Target feedstocks for HydroPRS™ are polyolefins, including LDPE, HDPE and PP, alongside other plastic types 1 – 7 (PET, PS, ABS and polyamides).

Feedstocks are sourced from end-of-life, post-consumer plastics (films and rigids), MRF and agricultural residual material – materials which cannot be mechanically recycled.

 

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A WIDER SCOPE FOR RECYCLING ADVANTAGES

HydroPRS™ processes post-consumer, contaminated, mixed plastic streams without segregation, complementing existing mechanical recycling processes and providing a solution to avoid costly packaging redesigns.

FOSSIL-REPLACEMENT HYDROCARBONS

OFFTAKE PRODUCTS

HydroPRS™ outputs a range of valuable, liquid hydrocarbon products – each can be tailored to meet market requirements and conditions. These products will be sold on long-term contracts.

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Naphtha

Fossil-replacement naphtha for use in the manufacture of new plastics

Distillate Gas Oil

Fossil-replacement distillate gas oil, for use in the manufacture of new plastics

Heavy Gas Oil

Fossil-replacement heavy gas oil, for sale to petrochemical companies as a feedstock for refinery processes to make chemicals, oils, speciality plastics and wax

Heavy Wax Residue

This high-boiling hydrocarbon product can be used as an additive in the production of bitumen or asphalt for use in sustainable road building