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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2017
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Joshua Allen Thompson, Martinez, CA (US);
Tracy Margaret Davis, Novato, CA (US);
Dan Xie, Richmond, CA (US);
Stacey Ian Zones, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
We provide a method for removing contaminants from a gas, comprising: alternating input of the gas between two or more beds of adsorbent particles that comprise zeolite SSZ-36, zeolite SSZ-39, or zeolite SSZ-45; wherein the gas contacts one of the beds during an adsorption and a tail gas is simultaneously vented from another of the beds by desorption; wherein a contacting pressure is from about 345 kPa to about 6895 kPa and produces a product gas containing no greater than about 2 mol % carbon dioxide, at least about 10 wppm water, at least about 65 mol % of methane recovered from the feed gas, and at least about 25 mol % of ethane recovered from the feed gas; and wherein the tail gas is vented from the feed end of the beds. We also provide a method for removing a contaminant from a gas, wherein the gas contains hydrogen sulfide.