Manufacturing Industry
Japan Energy recovers naphtha, kerosene from waste plastic oil.(Environment/Recycling)
New Materials Japan, March, 2004
Japan Energy Corporation Inc, which operates under the umbrella of the Nippon Mining Holdings Inc group of companies, has developed a practical way to recover naphtha and kerosene from oil derived from waste plastic.
In a special 200 kl tank at its Mizushima refinery, the company will process waste plastic oil--procured from two firms that specialise in the field--with a method called hydrotreating, removing sulphur and other impurities and obtaining a substance which is the precursor to naphtha. This substance can be refined with the same equipment used for petroleum-derived intermediates.
The company plans to make a business from the new method starting in April, shipping the naphtha to petrochemical manufacturers. It is investing some [yen] 200...
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