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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Markovs, Yorktown, NY (US);
Assignee:
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ; C22B / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423 99 ; 423100 ; 423210 ;
Abstract
Liquid phase hydrocarbon fractions of wet natural gas streams which have been in contact while in the liquid phase with mineral particles entrained in the natural gas stream as it is recovered from the wellhead are found to contain a suspension of such particles. These particles contain loosely bound mercury which is capable of contaminating other constituents of the natural gas stream which come into contact with the particles. Effective procedures to purify such wet natural gas streams must include removal of the mineral particles as well as the element mercury dissolved in the liquid phase hydrocarbons or admixed with the vapor phase hydrocarbons.