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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A Verachtert, Wheeling, IL (US);
Assignee:
UOP Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208206 ; 422239 ; 422211 ; 208203 ;
Abstract
A process is disclosed for treating hydrocarbon streams such as naphtha by the oxidation of mercaptans into disulfide compounds which remain in the hydrocarbon stream. The conversion is effected during passage of the hydrocarbon and an aqueous stream downward through a cylindrical mass of liquid-liquid contact material. The liquids then flow through a cylindrical screen into an annular separation zone which surrounds a lower part of the contact material. After decantation in the separation zone, the aqueous material, which preferably contains the oxidation catalyst, is recycled.