Compact Low Temperature Gasification reactor for the conversion of plastics to hydrogen www.recupera.si flavio.ortigao@recupera.si

2. We Transform Waste Into Value
Dr. Flavio Ortigão
Recovering Waste Plastics
from Land & Oceans

3. INTRODUCTION
Company: Recupera Energy Recovery
Location: Commercial Demonstration plant in Celje, Slovenia.
Operational plants near the collection site on shore or on board
Objective: Thermal, Decentralized, compact, ev. mobile, on shore and
on board, low temperature conversion (LTC) of plastic residues to syngas
and further processing to electric, thermal energy and valuable
chemicals, and industrial gases
Operational Focus: High quality syngas production for generation of
electricity and processing to valuable chemicals as hydrogen.
Goal: Construction of a demonstration plant, closed, compact,
1t/h, 8000h/year
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4. Solution to pressing environmental problem
Knowhow
Consumer market
Timing
High impact
High tech and high efficient solutions
Management experience
Strategic value for sea and land plastic pollution
PARTNERS ADVANTAGE

5. VALUE PROPOSITION
Compact, closed and mobile
Economic feasible. Low temp. = low operational cost
Evironmentally corrected end disposition of residues
Residues valorization
Constant and non volatile production
High efficiency
Positive environmental impact  low emissions,
problem feedstock removal.
ANALYSIS

6. SOLUTION
5 trillion pieces of plastics currently litter the oceans
Dispersed in the 5 oceans
According to Science magazine Feb 2015, 8 million
metric tonnes per year of plastics are dumped into
the oceans
Macro, micro and nano plastics (perfect sized for
direct gasification)
ANALYSIS

7. OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION
COMPOSITION
Beach sandals
Glas bottles
Other (wheel, barrel, jerrycan)
Plastic beverage bottles
Hard plastic
Fishing items
Foam sheets
Domestic items
Plastic caps
Polysthyrene
Light tubes
Soft plastic
Small plastic fragments
Light bulbs
Total weight (kg) of marine debris per category
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34
AB JK

8. VALUE CHAIN
Plastic
Collectors
Receiving & Stocking
Final Destination
Certified, Shredd
> >>
LTC
>
Syngas
>
> > >
Reform
>
Hydrogen Steam Electricity

9. SYNGAS PROCESSING

10. VALUE CHAIN

11. LTC TECHNOLOGY
Conversion at 450C
10 m tower
Compact
Mobility
Industrial construction
Validaded

12. VALUE CHAIN
Crude
Oil
Receiving & Stocking
Final Destination
Certified
> >>
LTC
>
Syngas
>> > > >
Cracking and
conversion to
monomers
Polymeriztn. to
macromolecules
and plastics
Extrusion
to final
products
Utilization
Re-extrusion
Manual/mechanical
recycling
Chemical recycling
Energy recovery Dump
Monomers
SyngasPyroil

13. THANK YOU!