Engelhard Corporation

Englehard Corporation

Andrew S Moore

David B Bartholic

William J Reagan

Dwight F Barger

An improved continuous cyclic process for removing oxides of sulfur from a waste gas with a regenerable particulate adsorbent in which hot adsorbent particles pick up SOx in a first fluid transport riser, followed by separation of clean gas from sulfur-contained particles which are then recycled to a desorber in which they are contacted at elevated temperature with a mixture of reducing gas and water vapor for release of sulfur as hydrogen sulfide. The adsorbent particles are then recycled in the process. Means are provided for removing particulates in the waste gas.

Gas/solid contact method for removing sulfur oxides from gases

Coke or coke and hydrogen production may increase when the Asphalt Residual Treating (ART) Process for removing metallic and carbonaceous contaminants from hydrocarbons is operated with feed stock containing impurities that result in the deposition on the solid particulate contact material of acidic metallic compounds such as heavy metal chlorides. Coke or coke and hydrogen production is reduced by charging ammonia or other fugitive basic nitrogen compounds to the system after burning coke from the circulating inventory of catalytically inert contact material and prior to selectively vaporizing incoming charge of feed stock in the presence of the hot regenerated contact material.

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North Brunswick, NJ, United States of America

Andrew S Moore