Technology to Change the Face of Plastic Recycling
Plastic is a useful, reliable material that has enabled huge advances in modern life, health and transport, but poor management, low perceived value and a lack of global infrastructure to support its recycling has led to environmental pollution through plastic leakage, landfill and incineration. With approximately just 9% of plastic produced to date having been recycled, this valuable resource is being lost. Mura Technology hold the key to turning the tide on waste plastic.
Mura’s process utilises the Cat-HTR™ technology, which employs supercritical water, heat and pressure to convert waste plastics into valuable chemicals and oils by breaking down the long-chain hydrocarbons and donating hydrogen to produce shorter-chain, stable hydrocarbon products for sale into the petrochemical industry, for use in the production of new plastic and other materials, offering a recycling solution for all plastic types and in turn helping to create a circular economy.
Mura’s Process
Process Advantages
The process exhibits a high conversion efficiency
The technology is scalable due to improved heat transfer
End products will be REACH1 registered
High yields (up to 85% DAF)
Controllable reactions and process flexibility
Does not generate toxic by-products
An Innovative & Efficient Process
The use of supercritical water provides:
- An organic solvent
- A source of hydrogen to complete the broken chemical chains
- A means of rapid heating, avoiding excessive temperatures that would lead to excessive cracking
- A scalable process
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This innovative conversion process is efficient, with over 85% of the mass of plastic (daf) converted to hydrocarbon product.
Additionally, it can process mixed, contaminated plastics (such as from food and paper), without need for segregation, including multi-layer flexible plastics. Target feedstock is post-consumer, end of life plastics including PP, LDPE, HDPE, PP, PET and PS.
Plastic to Chemicals & Oils in Just 20 Minutes
Following conversion, four commercial products are produced by flash distillation, each with established and growing markets:
- Naphtha
- Distillate Gas Oil
- Heavy Gas Oil
- Heavy Wax Residue
All products are being currently being registered under REACH1 to allow export into the EU. The full process takes just 20-25 minutes.
The Process
Waste Plastic Clean
and Shred
Melt and
Pressurisation
Mix with Steam
Heat
Cat-HTRTM Reactor
Depressurise
Product Separation
Product Storage
Working to achieve a sustainable,
plastic neutral future worldwide.
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