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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Michel Orgebin, Saint-Adresse, FR;
Claude Marty, Le Havre, FR;
Patrick Ansquer, Lillebonne, FR;
Pierre Maroy, Versailles, FR;
Assignee:
Compagnie de Raffinage et de Distribution Total France, Levallois-Perret, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208207 ; 208189 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the sweetening of a petroleum fraction in a fixed catalytic bed in the presence of an oxidizing agent, by catalytic oxidation of the mercaptans which it contains, in the presence of a catalyst in the form of a support impregnated with a metal chelate and in the absence of an aqueous base, the water content of the support is maintained within a predetermined range of values by action on the solvent power of the feedstock for the water of the support as a function of temperature.