METHOD OF REMOVING MERCAPTANS FROM LIQUID AND GASEOUS EFFLUENTS

• Main Authors: NICOLAOS, ALEXANDRE, BRIOT, PATRICK, MARICAR-PICHON, MICHELE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.03.2008
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The present invention relates to a method of converting mercaptans contained in gaseous and/or liquid hydrocarbon cuts into disulfides by contacting in the absence of gaseous or liquid oxygen or provided by a peroxide on a solid comprising an amorphous or crystalline oxide and one or more elements o...