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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/14 (2006.01); B01D 53/52 (2006.01); B01D 53/96 (2006.01); C01C 1/02 (2006.01); C01C 1/04 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12P 3/00 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2022.01); C12P 13/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/1425 (2013.01); B01D 53/1468 (2013.01); B01D 53/1493 (2013.01); B01D 53/52 (2013.01); B01D 53/96 (2013.01); C01C 1/026 (2013.01); C01C 1/04 (2013.01); C12M 21/02 (2013.01); C12N 9/1085 (2013.01); C12Y 205/01 (2013.01); B01D 2251/90 (2013.01); B01D 2251/95 (2013.01); B01D 2257/304 (2013.01); C12P 3/00 (2013.01); C12P 7/64 (2013.01); C12P 13/005 (2013.01); C12P 19/04 (2013.01);
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.


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