Solutions to Unlock Low-Carbon

Plastics and Circular Economy

LARTC I Buenos Aires – September 2022

Cesar Ximenes
cesar.ximenes@axens.net
Axens Group Insights

Over OIL REFINING

Over
100 3,000
Processes developed industrial units
PETROCHEMICALS
Over the past 50 years under license

Over Over 70,000 tons/year of GASES

500 catalysts and adsorbents
modular units
references ALTERNATIVES
& RENEWABLES
Offices in 2,500
15 countries Employees WATER
over 4
continents

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Research & Development Center
IFPEN – Lyon, France
 800 employees
 100+ pilot units
 > $300 MM R&D Budget

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A Worldwide Network 2,500 Employees over 4 continents

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Grassroots & Revamps
End to End Support Project Life Cycle

Grassroots &
Revamp Projects
Operators and developers
Concept Technology/
Catalyst
supported by Axens at all
Selection stages
Technical
Services & Op.
Support Process Design/
Licensing Feasibility Studies from feed sourcing to the
production of circular polymers including
Commissioning/ optional integration with pyrolysis plants​
Start-up
Involvement in
FEED/EPC Revamping studies of existing or idle units​
Catalyst/
Equipment/
Module Supply Training Greenfield and brownfield projects

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Plastic Carbon Management

Circular and Renewable Solutions

 9.1 Billion

ENVIRONNEMENTAL
Worldwide Plastic Production
tons already produced

CHALLENGE
>350 MTa 2020

> 50%
discharged in the environment

~250 Mt
Plastics in the Ocean in 2025
(fondation de la navigatrice Ellen MacArthur)

200 MTa 2002

20% fossil resources

RESOURCES
CHALLENGE
Required in 2035 (6-8% in 2016)
100 MTa 1989

Only 5%
Of plastic comes from recycling

1950 1970 1990 2010 2030

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 Source - https://www.oecd.org/

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AMI Chemical Recycling 2022: Axens Circular Solutions
Our Answers
to Face these Optimize resources utilization
Challenges Optimization of Refining and Petrochemical production unit
New bio sourced pathways to produce plastics from renewable resources

Develop innovative solutions for plastic

recycling
Take advantage of IFPEN group’s expertise in chemistry, catalyst and process
to develop innovative and competitive solutions

Develop strategic alliances with

industrials & end-users
Develop solutions that fit with industrial needs
Develop synergies to reduce Time to Market

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 Mixed Plastics From
Municipal Waste
Mixed
plastics
From End Of Life
Waste

Gasification TAC Process PET

THERMAL PYROLYSIS
(any waste PET)

Axens
Plastic GaselTM Polymerization
FISCHER TROPSCH
Recycling PURIFICATION SOLUTION PET GLYCOLYSIS

Solutions

ALREADY PyOil
BHET
COMMERCIAL Fuels

UNDER
DEMONSTRATION

Steam
Cracker | 10
 Mixed
plastics
From Municipal Waste Food
contact
quality

Plastic Thermal Thermal

Pyrolysis
HDPE
LDPE
PP

Pyrolysis Pathway
Polymerization

The unique pathway to

PURIFICATION SOLUTION
recycle mixed polyolefins into Axens Rewind Mix

food contact and health care PyOil

quality plastics
Steam
Cracker

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 Mixed
plastics
From End Of Life Waste
Food
contact
quality

Plastic Thermal Thermal

Pyrolysis
HDPE
LDPE
PP

Pyrolysis Pathway
Polymerization

The unique pathway to

PURIFICATION SOLUTION
recycle mixed polyolefins into Axens Rewind Mix

food contact and health care PyOil

quality plastics
Steam
Cracker

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Strategic Alliance for Optimized Full Chain
Comparison study performed by
Axens & IFPEN

License the
technology worldwide

 Plastic Energy ahead of the • Evaluation of several licensors : Skills

competition & Offer
• Evaluation of the pyrolysis oil
upgrading technologies

 Axens preferred as strategic

partner
Become a solution
provider for the full chain

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 Axens Pyrolysis Solution for End Of Life Plastics:
TAC Process
• Robust technology to handle
various waste EOL plastics
(No need to wash or separate
by colour or polymer type)

• Unique expertise on waste

plastic feedstock adequation
vs unit design, operation &
performance based on >10 Mastered product quality
years Know-how in waste
• Optimized TAC Oil quality
management
depending on downstream unit
processing constrains :
Unique experience on guidance toward feedstock
feedstock processing selection, optimization of
operating conditions, adapt
purification steps…

• REACH registered TAC Oil

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TAC Process at a Glance
Syngas K E Y F EAT U R ES
to Thermal Oxidizer
(heat for reaction)

End Of Life • >10 years technology development

Waste Plastics Syngas purification
• Industrially proven technology on post
consumer mixed plastics with more
than 10 years of track record

• Mild temperatures and low pressure

Reactor Reaction Condensing
feeding • Established maintenance and
Section Column
System equipment life cycle regimes

• Continuous process, modular designs

Char
TAC Oil Purification
• Optional sections
depending on final
requierements
and suitable for scale-up
• Flexible scheme: additional purification
steps depending on downstream
TAC Oil constrains
to Storage

TAR
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 Technology selected by major
Strong expertise in
10 years companies
feedstock: origins,
of experience
types, impurities
impact… The plastic
pyrolysis
reference today

2 Industrial Units in Operation

Simple and
Robust
Technology

Innovative
Seville, Espagne Almeria, Espagne
Capacity of 4 Kta Capacity of 4 Kta
solutions
(SU 2017) (SU 2016) patented
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 Mixed
plastics
From End Of Life Waste Food
contact
quality

Plastic Thermal Thermal

Pyrolysis
HDPE
LDPE
PP

Pyrolysis Pathway
Polymerization

The unique pathway to

PURIFICATION SOLUTION
recycle mixed polyolefins into Axens Rewind Mix

food contact and health care PyOil

quality plastics
Steam
Cracker

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Joined Efforts to Unlock the Pyrolysis Pathway
Building a unique expertise in the
feedstocks
- Based on IFPEN knowledge, special methods
has been developed to precisely determine
composition and level of impurities in feedstock
(GC2D, GC FID…)
- Analysis of multiple representative pyrolysis
oils performed
Advanced and industrial ready catalysts
Taking advantage of Axens and IFPEN expertise in
catalyst, optimized and high performance catalyst has
been elected and industrialized to be produced and
commercialized by Axens.
Securing the industrialization
Extrapolation from pilot to industrial relies on years of experience of
the IFPEN Group while benefitting from Axens and Repsol
industrial feedbacks to secure the industrial design.
Validation of the technology performances
Mutualizing IFPEN and REPSOL assets,
up to 6 pilot plants dedicated to technology performances
validation:
- Catalyst performances
- Operating condition optimization
- Representative purified pyrolysis oil production
Product qualification
Relying on REPSOL Steam Cracker experience and
expertise, purified oils have been analysed and
assessed to ensure that quality fits with Steam
Cracker higher requirements
Process conception and optimization
- Process scheme development and optimization has
been performed taking advantage of the expertise
of the three partners in various domains &
technologies, including HDT.
- The innovative process has been patented
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 RewindTM Mix – Key Features
Connect’In Combining Decades of Know-How:
Plastic K E Y F EAT U R ES
Pyrolysis oil Metals: Residue and used lube HDT
Olefins: Worldwide leader in selective • One single solution to purify wide
hydrogenation, coker naphtha range of plastic pyrolysis oil
1 Purification section management, and FCC gasoline
hydrotreating
• Metals & Chlorine removal • Production of Naphtha and Distillate
• Diolefins & Olefins saturation Silicon: Worldwide leader in Si mng. Via
• Silicon trap coker effluents suitable for petrochemicals or fuels
Chloride: Used lube oil hydrotreating
experience and unique flow • Hydrocracking option to maximize
scheme naphtha production
FG
• Fully integrated solution with
Naphtha
existing plants (utilities,
2 Stabilizer
Max Naphtha hydrogen…)
3
Option
Fractionation • Rely on proven technologies with
(optional)
industrial ready catalysts
Purified
Pyrolysis oil HCK • Patented scheme by Axens
Distillate
(optional)

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 Mixed plastics
From Municipal Waste

Mixed Plastics
From End OF Life Waste

Gasification TAC Process PET

THERMAL PYROLYSIS
(any waste PET)

Axens
Plastic GaselTM Polymerization
FISCHER TROPSCH
Recycling PURIFICATION SOLUTION PET GLYCOLYSIS

Solutions

ALREADY PyOil
BHET
COMMERCIAL Fuels

UNDER
DEMONSTRATION

Steam
Cracker | 20
 RewindTM PET – Unlocking PET Recycling
Non Food
Grade
applications
& losses
~ 30% ~ 80%
back to transparent yield
bottle food grade PET
(EU basis)

Transparent waste PET Opaque & colored PET Multilayer PET PET trays Textile
Mechanical

RECYCLED MATERIAL QUALITY

FEED FLEXIBILITY

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
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Joined Efforts to accelerate the Rewind PET Industrialization
Strong R&D background
• Rewind PET technology is backed by extensive
R&D expertise of IFPEN
• Technology validated at lab and pilot scale on
industrial representative feedstocks.
• Technology on its way to be demonstrated on
extended feedstocks: trays, textile…
Modelling for technology extrapolation
Extrapolation from pilot to industrial has been performed
and secured relying on IFPEN skills in modelling (kinetic
& thermodynamic)
Operational excellence
Rewind PET is benefiting from more than 10 years of
Jeplan industrial experience in PET depolymerisation

Advanced services & Consulting

Rewind PET will benefit from all Axens services:
feasibility studies, training, digital services…

Securing the industrialization & modularization Value chain expertise

Relying on Jeplan expertise in the PET recycling,
Industrialization and modularization of the Rewind PET will benefit
Rewind PET is ready to integrate the existing PET
from Axens expertise, from process conception and optimization to
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the module fabrication and procurement.
RewindTM PET – Key Features
MEG

POLYMERIZATION
BHET

K E Y F EAT U R ES PTA
PURIFIED Possible
MONOMER utilities & OSB
(rBHET) sharing
• Food grade compatibility
PET fibers
• Versatility toward any waste PET plastic PET packaging

• Eco-efficient solution providing

Pigments
Dyes 2 Purification
• Competitive rPET price to valorization
impurities removal

• 10 years+ of industrial
Any waste
experience PET Plastic
on depolymerization of clear PET bottles 1 Reaction
Depolymerisation

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 A partnership agreement signed in July 2020 for
demonstration and industrialisation of PET monomer Merging for Faster Industrialization
recycling.

Axens is the technology licensor of Rewind® PET Partnerships with brand

owners
Manufacture & Global licensing
procurement of demo plant by Axens
modules by Axens
to adapt
the KHP Demo Unit
1,000 tpa

2021 2022 2023

Validation of
Rewind PET
technology on wide
range of waste PET

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VII Jornada Petroquímica 2022: Axens Circular Solutions
RewindTM PET – Current Results

Opaque & colored PET Transparent waste PET

r-BHET

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Take-Aways
1. Significant progress is being made to
increase end-of-life plastic recovery

2. De-risked technologies exist right now

to recover end-of-life plastics, creating
a circular loop

3. Even in the most optimistic scenarios,

total polymer carbon demand will
exceed circular carbon supply

4. That polymer demand gap can be

supplied utilizing monomers produced
utilizing sustainable feedstocks
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Cesar Ximenes
cesar.ximenes@axens.net