Removal of nitrogen oxides from gases

For selectively removing nitrogen oxides from a carrier gas that contains hydrocarbons, the nitrogen oxides are removed by chemisorption on metal oxides, without the occurrence of undesirable secondary reactions. The metal oxides are preferably formed from metals of the 6th to 8th subgroups, whereby...

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Main Authors KARL BAUR, HARTMUT NEUMANN, HANS-PETER LANGEBACH, ULRIKE WENNING
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.08.1998
Edition6
Subjects
ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
CHEMISTRY
CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS
FUELS
LUBRICANTS
METALLURGY
MINERAL WAXES
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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
SEPARATION
TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:For selectively removing nitrogen oxides from a carrier gas that contains hydrocarbons, the nitrogen oxides are removed by chemisorption on metal oxides, without the occurrence of undesirable secondary reactions. The metal oxides are preferably formed from metals of the 6th to 8th subgroups, whereby manganese dioxide (MnO2,) is especially preferred as a metal oxide. The process can be conducted with one or more reactor beds, which preferably operate at 10 to 40 DEG C. and are regenerated with nitrogen at a temperature of 130 to 170 DEG C. By removing nitrogen oxides from an olefin-rich gas, for example from the waste gas of an FCC unit, the resultant gas can then be fed to a cryogenic olefin extraction stage without danger of explosion. Such a waste gas contains unsaturated hydrocarbons, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and oxygen, the oxygen having a concentration preferably between 100 and 5000 mol ppm.
Bibliography:Application Number: ZA19970005245