Nalco Water delivers industry-leading chemical and process treatment of pyrolysis oil to help enhance product stability, improve cold flow properties, remove contaminants, and control acidic corrosion. The Advanced Recycling for Plastics program takes a full-cycle approach, working with chemical recyclers, storage and shipping companies, and ethylene producers, so companies can use existing infrastructure and equipment to integrate recycled plastic feedstocks into their operations while achieving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals centered on sustainability, decarbonization and reducing plastic waste.
Full-Cycle Expertise
The Advanced Recycling for Plastics program offers a full suite of process and water treatment solutions that help make the production of pyrolysis oil more reliable and efficient, while also improving feedstock flowability and stability as it is transported, stored, and processed.
Ethylene Plants
Ethylene Plants
Manage process and storage concerns.
Nalco Water is solving problems in over 80% of ethylene plants worldwide.Apply our unparalleled expertise in treating challenges in the ethylene unit of fouling, corrosion, and emulsions, while adding new solutions to deal with the unique properties of recycled feedstock.
Transport and Storage
Transport and Storage
Improve flow in all weather conditions.
Solve challenges of cold flow, filterability, and product stability presented by storing and transporting recycled plastic feedstock.
Advanced Recycling Plants
Advanced Recycling Plants
Identify, diagnose, and treat process and utility problems.
Address issues such as fouling, tar removal, product stability, contaminant removal, and corrosion.
Learn About Our Advanced Recycling for Plastics Program
Nalco Water is advancing the circular economy by helping companies achieve their decarbonization and sustainability goals through chemical recycling methods for plastic waste.
Advanced Recycling Solutions
Production, storage, handling, and processing of feedstocks from recycled plastics can provide a variety of challenges throughout the Advanced Recycling circle in terms of product stability, storage and flow properties, corrosion, fouling and other issues.
Nalco Water has conducted extensive testing on a broad range of pyrolysis oils, leading to full cycle expertise and development of innovative solutions that address issues at each step of the Advanced Recycling process. To learn more, review our technical paper that was published in Hydrocarbon Engineering.
Enhance Product Stability
Pyrolysis oil (“pyoils”) produced from Advanced Recycling processes can have a wide range of properties that make them prone to tar, film, gums, and sediment formation. This can lead to solids buildup in equipment, piping, and storage tanks.
Nalco Water has developed innovative, patent-pending extraction, product stabilizer, and dispersant solutions that help:
- Remove or inhibit mechanisms to enhance short- and long-term stability of pyoils
- Reduce process fouling to improve reliability
- Improve compatibility with use as feedstocks in ethylene furnaces and refineries
Improve Cold Flow Properties
Continuous and reliable operations during winter weather is critical for any process plant. Many pyoils demonstrate poor and variable cold-flow properties depending on the plastic waste stream components and different advanced recycling technologies.
Nalco Water has patented EVA-copolymer-based flow improvers to help ensure optimized flow behaviors in all seasons, avoiding the costly alternative of heat-tracing process equipment and transfer pipelines. Our products are also certified safe for ethylene furnaces.
Control Acidic Corrosion
The pyoils manufactured by Advanced Recycling methods contain high acidic components, generally coming in through PVC waste and other metallic impurities, and demonstrate high TAN figures. The acidic nature of these streams poses significant corrosion threat to chemical recycling plants and to ethylene plants that would eventually process pyoils in their furnaces.
Nalco Water has optimized neutralizer programs and online chloride monitoring capabilities to give valuable insights and control over potential acidic corrosion.
In The News
Nalco Water Presents on Advanced Recycling for Plastics at SPE International Polyolefins Conference
Ecolab Introduces Solutions for Advanced Recycled Plastic Feedstocks
Explore Our Ethylene Plant Solutions
Nalco Water has market-leading expertise throughout an ethylene plant for feedstocks comprised of traditional gas and liquid feeds or pyrolysis oils derived from Advanced Recycling. Our programs address issues in the Primary Fractionator, Quench and Dilution Steam System, Process Gas Compressor, Acid Gas Removal, Light Ends Distillation, and Crude C4s quality and stability to help ethylene producers improve reliability, increase production, and achieve safety and sustainability goals.
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Wastewater Treatment
We offer a number of tools to efficiently analyze, evaluate, and provide wastewater treatment your entire operation from...
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Managed Operations
Our program isn't just focused on managing your operations, but to also improve your operations.
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Managed Operations
Our program isn't just focused on managing your operations, but to also improve your operations.
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IoT Asset Performance Management Solutions
Asset performance management solutions from Ecolab optimize asset performance to drive asset efficiency, reliability and...
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IoT Asset Performance Management Solutions
Asset performance management solutions from Ecolab optimize asset performance to drive asset efficiency, reliability and...
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Cooling Water Treatment for Industrial Cooling Water Systems
Our cooling water treatment solutions are designed to provide proper chemical treatment and preventive maintenance of on...
Explore Our Water Treatment Solutions
Nalco Water has extensive experience in providing utility solutions for pretreatment, cooling water, steam production, and wastewater to help save energy, conserve water, and reduce total cost of operation. Nalco Water provides water treatment solutions and technical expertise to help ethylene producers overcome operational challenges and drive performance.
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Cleaning and Sanitation
Ensure that your temperature control equipment always remains clean, sterilized, and ready to use with our selection of ...
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Allergen Awareness
Guard against the dangers of cross-contamination and ensure customer safety with our line of Allergen Awareness products...
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Food Safety for Quick Service Restaurants
Kay Chemical is the global leader in cleaning, sanitation and food safety for the quick service restaurant market.
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Water Filtration for Quick Service Restaurants
Our managed water filtration program delivers the best possible beverage experience.
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Surface Sanitation for Quick Service Restaurants
Restaurant surface sanitizers and disinfectants help prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses to protect customers and...
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Decor Cleaning for Quick Service Restaurants
Decor designs can include many unique surfaces, keeping restaurants consistently clean and appealing can be a challenge.
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Beverage Equipment Cleaning for Quick Service Restaurants
Protect your investment and your brand with the innovative Kay� line of beverage equipment cleaners.
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Cleaning Tools for Quick Service Restaurants
Our application-specific and ergonomically innovative tools are developed to withstand the rigors of harsh environments.
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Nalco Water is Advancing the Circular Economy
Ethylene producers and downstream industries are increasing their use of recycled plastic feedstock, such as pyrolysis oil, to meet aggressive circularity and sustainability goals, and to reduce plastic waste. These feedstocks present unique challenges in terms of storage and transport stability, flow properties, fouling, and contaminants. Recycled feedstock can exacerbate issues in ethylene production such as fouling, corrosion, and emulsions.
Nalco Water takes a full-cycle approach with the Advanced Recycling for Plastics program to help with storage, transport, and processing of alternative feedstocks throughout the entire cycle of manufacturing and recycling plastics. From plastics-to-feedstocks recyclers to ethylene producers, the Advanced Recycling for Plastics program truly offers a circular suite of solutions.
Complete the form to download a technical paper that summarizes the research and development that Nalco Water has completed in advanced recycling solutions.
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