Meet CYCLUS: FCC S.A. catalyst designed for chemical recycling of urban solid waste

Fábrica Carioca de Catalisadores is committed to applying the circular economy principles to its businesses and identifying solutions and opportunities to help its customers enhance the circularity of their processes while optimizing the resource use throughout the value chain, thus contributing to sustainable development.

This catalyst is designed for the chemical recycling of urban solid wastes (rubber, plastics, etc.) through one-shot pyrolysis processes. This process aims at transforming these residues into higher addedvalue products to enable their reinsertion into the value chain. 

For this purpose, FCC S.A. presents Cyclus, catalyst has a promoters-containing active phases multicomponent system that secure the selectivity to liquid products, minimizing gas formation, besides making it possible to obtain energy gains in the process. 

In view of its high accessibility and pore structure, the Cyclus catalyst has proven its ability for converting waste tire into liquid fuels in the gasoline range, kerosene and diesel oil, and fuel gas.

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