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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2020
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Mark L Heinnickel, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Steven W Levine, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Robert D Nielsen, Lambertville, NJ (US);
Yuchen Liu, Annandale, NJ (US);
Joseph C Weissman, High Bridge, NJ (US);
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to processes for desulfurizing hydrocarbon feedstocks. The processes may include introducing a feedstock comprising hydrogen sulfide to an absorber comprising a metal chelate to form a reduced metal chelate. The processes may further include introducing the reduced metal chelate to a photobioreactor comprising a phototrophic bacterium. The present disclosure also relates to apparatuses for desulfurizing hydrocarbon feedstock. An apparatus may include and absorber and a photobioreactor fluidly connected to the absorber. The photobioreactor may be an anaerobic vessel with a light source.