Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Ian D Campbell

Robert J Falkiner

Marc A Poirier

John B Gilbert

Terrance O Brown

Daniel William Kraemer

James H Norton

Donald W Murray

A process for removing elemental sulfur from fluids such as refined petroleum products transported through pipelines for the transportation of sour hydrocarbon streams. The fluids are contacted with an aqueous solution containing caustic, an aliphatic mercaptan and optionally a sulfide to produce an aqueous layer containing metal polysulfides and a clear fluid layer having a reduced elemental sulfur level.

Process for removing elemental sulfur from fluids

The present invention provides a process for removing elemental sulfur from fluids such as refined petroleum products transported through pipelines for the transportation of sour hydrocarbon streams. The sulfur-containing fluids are mixed with an inorganic caustic material, an alkyl alcohol and an organo mercaptan or sulfide compound capable of reacting with sulfur to form a fluid-insoluble polysulfide salt reaction product at ambient reaction temperatures. The treated fluid is then contacted with an adsorbent or filtered to remove the insoluble salt leaving a product of very low residual sulfur content.

A process for removing elemental sulfur from fluids such as refined petroleum products transported through pipelines for the transportation of sour hydrocarbon streams. The fluids are contacted with an aqueous solution containing caustic, sulfide and optionally elemental sulfur to produce an aqueous layer containing metal polysulfides and a clear fluid layer having a reduced elemental sulfur level. Organo mercaptans may also be mixed with the fluid to accelerate the removal of elemental sulfur.

A metalworking lubricant composition which is particularly effective in high-temperature forging operations comprising a major amount of a naphthenic base oil which includes at least about 20 weight % of reduced naphthenic crude oil and preferably a minor amount of an additive which is either a zinc dihydrocarbyl dithiophosphate or a selected sulfur containing compound.

Metalworking lubricant composition

Grease compositions comprising (1) a lithium soap derived from a fatty acid containing an epoxy group and/or ethylenic unsaturation, and (2) a dilithium soap derived from a straight chain dicarboxylic acid. In a preferred embodiment, the grease composition will also comprise a lithium salt derived from a hydroxy-substituted carboxylic acid. Greases comprising lithium salts derived from an epoxy substituted fatty acid in combination with other lithium salts and derived from an ethylenically unsaturated fatty acid, a dicarboxylic acid and a hydroxy-substituted aromatic acid are particularly effective.

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