Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process for the removal of mercury from hydrocarbon streams containing oxygen
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Application No.: US14549510Application Date: 2014-11-20
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Publication No.: US09670422B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Henry Rastelli , Jayant K. Gorawara , Dante A. Simonetti
- Applicant: UOP LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Des Plaines
- Assignee: UOP LLC
- Current Assignee: UOP LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Des Plaines
- Main IPC: C10G25/05
- IPC: C10G25/05 ; B01D53/02 ; B01J20/18 ; B01J20/34 ; B01J20/28

Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for removing and recovering mercury, an impurity, from a hydrocarbon feedstream containing oxygen, such as introduced during hydraulic fracturing. Mercury is selectively removed to very low levels of concentration from fluid streams such as natural gas, cracked gas, hydrogen or naphtha by passage of the stream through an adsorbent bed containing particles of a zeolitic molecular sieve preferably having pore diameters of at least 3.0 angstroms and in which the zeolite crystallites are formed into an aggregate (cylindrical or beads) which contain ionic or elemental silver. These adsorbent particles maintain their capacity for removal of mercury despite the presence of oxygen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150159094A1 PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF MERCURY FROM HYDROCARBON STREAMS CONTAINING OXYGEN Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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