Optimized cracker conditions to accept pyrolysis oil
Recycle content pyoil is cracked in a cracker furnace to make olefins and the coil outlet temperature of the r-pyoil fed coils can be lowered by adding r-pyoil to the cracker feedstock, or alternatively, the coil outlet temperature of the r-pyoil fed tubes can rise if the mass flow rates of the combined cracker stream containing r-pyoil are kept the same or lowered. Further, increasing the hydrocarbon mass flow rate by addition of r-pyoil can be achieved to also increase the output of ethylene and propylene in the cracker effluent. The cracker furnace can accept ethane and/or propane feedstocks in vapor form along with a liquid and/or vapor feed of r-pyoil.
1. A method for making one or more olefins, said method comprising:
(a) cracking a cracker stream in a cracking furnace to provide a first olefin-containing effluent exiting the cracking furnace at a first coil outlet temperature (COT1);
(b) subsequent to step (a), adding a stream comprising a recycle content pyrolysis oil composition (r-pyoil) to said cracker stream to form a combined cracker stream; and
(c) cracking said combined cracker stream in said cracking unit to provide a second olefin-containing effluent exiting the cracking furnace at a second coil outlet temperature (COT2),
wherein, when said r-pyoil is heavier than said cracker stream, COT2 is equal to or less than COT1,
wherein, when said r-pyoil is lighter than said cracker stream, COT2 is greater than or equal to COT1.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the COT2 is in Free Float Mode.