Overview
ARBOK-DeSulph purifies oil and oil-based products — including pyrolysis liquid and heavy residues — removing sulfur compounds, phenols, amines, aromatics, and other toxics common in processing plastics, rubber, and used tires. Unlike hydrocracking, it needs no high temperature, pressure, hydrogen, or expensive catalysts: the proprietary Arbok-Evaporation method drives a thermodynamic phase transformation that breaks complex molecules into cleaner fractions, with no chemical aggression or explosion risk. The output is a stable synthetic fuel, plus methane and hydrogen as marketable byproducts.
Applications
Primary use cases: desulfurization/purification of pyrolysis oil and heavy residues; upgrading of plastic/rubber/tire-derived oils.
Outputs/uses: stable synthetic fuel (storable, transportable, refinable); methane and hydrogen (on-site use or sale); separable product fractions.
Industries and users: refiners, pyrolysis-plant operators, waste-to-fuel hubs.
Scale: 100–150 tons/day per vertical 20-ft container; mobile.
Operating Principle
Arbok-Evaporation applies a thermodynamic phase transformation that separates and cleaves complex molecules into simpler, cleaner fractions, stripping sulfur, phenols, amines, and aromatics — without pressure, hydrogen, or catalysts. Methane and hydrogen are extracted during processing. Input contamination up to 20 000 mg/L is reduced to <20 ppm at output.
Limitations: feedstock-dependent capacity; product offtake; fraction separation tuned per feed.
Key Parameters
Processing capacity: 100–150 tons/day (feedstock-dependent). Input contamination: up to 20 000 mg/L → output ≤ 20 ppm.
Energy: 2–4 kWh/ton. No pressure, hydrogen, or catalysts. No emissions or pollutant waste. Continuous, autonomous. Form factor: vertical 20-ft container.
Architecture and Components
Arbok-Evaporation phase-transformation unit; fraction separation (synthetic fuel / methane / hydrogen / cleaned product); gas handling; control system. Vertical 20-ft container; mobile; 24/7 with minimal maintenance.
Advantages
Technical: deep desulfurization (20 000 mg/L → <20 ppm) without hydrogen/catalysts/pressure; safe (no chemical aggression or explosion risk).
Economic: 2–4 kWh/ton; methane/hydrogen byproduct revenue; mobile, easily scalable.
Environmental: no emissions or pollutant waste; cleans toxic oil streams.
Strategic: upgrades waste-derived oils to stable fuel; decentralized deployment.
Integrations
Pairs with Arbok-Pyrolysis (upstream oil) and ARBOK-VC (upgrading); methane/hydrogen to on-site energy; product fractions to fuel/chemical buyers.
Deployment & Operation
Steps: feed assay → unit sizing → containerized install → commissioning. Continuous, autonomous, minimal maintenance; mobile redeployment.
TRL
TRL 8 (confirmed by Michael). Pilot-industrial stage completed on the Arbok-Evaporation platform. Remaining to 9: sustained commercial operation.
Market Potential
Sulfur and toxics in pyrolysis oils and heavy residues block their use as fuel; tightening fuel-sulfur limits and the plastics/tire-pyrolysis boom create demand for low-cost, hydrogen-free desulfurization.
Typical Project Economics
OPEX driven by 2–4 kWh/ton energy; no hydrogen/catalyst cost. Revenue from upgraded synthetic fuel plus methane/hydrogen byproducts. CAPEX containerized per 100–150 t/day unit; (site economics by feed and product mix).
Risk Factors
Feedstock variability; product/byproduct offtake and fuel-spec qualification; conservative refining adoption; field-reference scale-up.
Related Technologies
ARBOK-VC (Vacuum Cracking) · ARBOK-SULPHUR · ARBOK-HS (Hydrogen Sulfide Capture) · Arbok-Pyrolysis