Abstract:
In the removal of sour gases, H.sub.2 S in particular, from CO-containing gaseous mixtures containing heavy metal carbonyls by scrubbing under pressure at temperatures of below 0.degree. C. with a scrubbing medium, the scrubbing medium is regenerated by inter alia, being heated by means of heat exchangers, and such exchangers are normally fouled by precipitates of metal sulfides which owe their presence to the decomposition of the metal carbonyls to form reactive heavy metal which combines with sulfide ion. To avoid fouling of the heat exchangers, the CO partial pressure is increased during the heating of the loaded scrubbing medium, to above the partial pressure of the CO in equilibrium with the carbonyls in the scrubbing medium thereby preventing the decomposition of the carbonyls.
Abstract:
In a system for the separation of sour gases especially hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from a raw gaseous mixture e.g., hydrogen-containing in order to form a purified gaseous mixture, comprising scrubbing the gaseous mixture in a first scrubbing stage with a physical scrubbing liquid e.g., methanol having a higher absorbability for hydrogen sulfide than for carbon dioxide, withdrawing from the scrubbing stage a first stream of scrubbing liquid loaded with hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, and regenerating the loaded scrubbing liquid to form (a) a gaseous phase containing hydrogen sulfide, and (b) regenerated scrubbing liquid, the improvement of scrubbing said gaseous phase containing hydrogen sulfide in a second scrubbing stage with a stream of scrubbing liquid capable of absorbing additional H.sub.2 S, e.g., a CO.sub.2 -depleted stream from an H.sub.2 S enrichment column; and subjecting resultant second stream of scrubbing liquid loaded with hydrogen sulfide to a separation stage, preferably rectification, to form a bottoms of regenerated scrubbing liquid and an overhead of a gaseous phase rich in hydrogen sulfide irrespective of whether the raw gaseous mixture has a very low H.sub.2 S concentration.
Abstract:
In a process for separating and obtaining as product gases at least two gaseous components from a gaseous mixture containing same by scrubbing with a physical scrubbing liquid exhibiting a higher dissolving power for at least one of the components to be separated than for at least one other of these components, wherein a first scrubbing liquid stream, loaded with all of the components to be separated, and a second scrubbing liquid stream, merely containing proportions of the less soluble component or components, are withdrawn from the scrubbing stage; a gaseous fraction is liberated by expansion of the first scrubbing liquid stream, freed of the more soluble component or components by treatment with the second, likewise expanded scrubbing liquid stream and withdrawn as a first product stream; and the scrubbing liquid streams are finally subjected to a separation of the more soluble components as well as of residual proportions of the less soluble components, thus obtaining a second product gas, the improvement which comprises further expanding the scrubbing liquid streams to obtain a gaseous fraction prior to the separation serving for obtaining the second product gas, recompressing the thus-liberated, gaseous fraction and scrubbing the recompressed gaseous fraction with the second scrubbing liquid stream.