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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1974
John Shen, Yardley, PA (US);
Michael C Chervenak, Pennington, NJ (US);
Hydrocarbon Research, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
The removal of particulate solids containing iron sulfides from hydrogenated coal liquids by magnetic separation is improved by pretreatment of the liquid with a gas mixture containing hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide. The coal-derived liquid is contacted with the gas mixture containing at least about 2 vol. % hydrogen sulfide, with the remainder of the gas mixture comprising principally hydrogen. Residue time for the liquid-gas contact should be at least about two minutes and temperature should be less than about 650.degree.F. The treated liquid is then passed through a magnetic field having strength of at least about 3000 gauss to achieve substantial removal of sulfur-containing solids from the liquid. The magnetic solids are then removed from the separator unit, e.g., by flushing using a light solvent oil, and the remaining liquid fraction carrying less-magnetic solids is passed on to further processing.