Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Imperial Oil Enterprises Ltd.

John J Dugan

Peter G Miasek

Adrianus Welmers

Jackson Eng

James D Eagan

Recovering a relatively volatile component of a solution from a less

Alkali metal sulfides are regenerated from alkali metal hydrosulfides which are produced as a result of the hydroconversion of heavy carbonaceous feeds. The regeneration is effected by treating the spent solids from a hydroconversion reactor, said solids containing an alkali metal hydrosulfide, with water and carbon dioxide at a temperature and pressure sufficient to convert about 50% of the alkali metal hydrosulfide to an alkali metal carbonate, and heating a mixture of said alkali metal carbonate and unreacted alkali metal hydrosulfide with a quantity of coke to an elevated temperature sufficient to cause reaction of the hydrosulfide with the carbonate whereby an alkali metal sulfide is formed.

Regeneration of alkali metal sulfides from alkali metal hydrosulfides

Alkali metal sulfides are regenerated from alkali metal hydrosulfides which are produced as a result of the hydroconversion of heavy carbonaceous feeds. The regeneration is effected by contacting the alkali metal hydrosulfide with a metal oxide at elevated temperatures.

An asphalt-containing mineral oil is deasphalted by contacting the oil with a liquid hydrogen sulfide deasphalting solvent for a time sufficient to remove a substantial portion of the asphalt from the oil. Utilization of liquid hydrogen sulfide as the deasphalting solvent is capable of giving high yields of deasphalted oil. In contrast to the use of aliphatic solvents for deasphalting, the hydrogen sulfide readily mixes with the heavy feed even at relatively low temperatures.

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John J Dugan