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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Peter J Photos, El Campo, TX (US);
Franklin Hailey Brown, Ii, San Antonio, TX (US);
David Sisk, San Antonio, TX (US);
Benjamin Isaac Tyler, San Antonio, TX (US);
Michael a Pue, Houston, TX (US);
Peter J Photos, El Campo, TX (US);
Franklin Hailey Brown, II, San Antonio, TX (US);
David Sisk, San Antonio, TX (US);
Benjamin Isaac Tyler, San Antonio, TX (US);
Michael A Pue, Houston, TX (US);
STREAMLINE INNOVATIONS, INC., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
An oxidation-reduction desulfurization system includes a reactor vessel with sour gas inlet at the bottom and a gas outlet at the top. A primary stage phase separator includes a vertically-oriented pipe with an inlet located inside the reactor vessel. The ratio of the reactor vessel diameter to the pipe inlet diameter is in a range of 2:1 to 5:1. Surface foam and non-gaseous multi-phase mixture including emulsion flow into a partially gas-filled upper section of the vertically-oriented pipe and freefall to a lower level, thereby facilitating mechanical breaking of the foam and the emulsion. A secondary stage phase separator connected to the gas outlet separates non-gaseous surge from sweet gas. Valves and a controller automatically maintain target levels of the non-gaseous multi-phase mixture and non-gaseous surge.