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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Voirin, Orthez, FR;
Andre Philippe, Orthez, FR;
Assignee:
Elf Aquitaine Production, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4235741 ; 423230 ; 42324401 ; 4232441 ; 423576 ;
Abstract
A single-stage low temperature catalytic process for desulphurisation of a gas which contains a mixture of H.sub.2 S and SO.sub.2 which process includes feeding the gas to be treated at a temperature below the dew point of sulphur to a Claus converter having a Claus catalyst in a reaction stage in which the catalyst includes a composite catalytic mass of alumina and one or more compounds of titanium, yttrium, lanthanum or the rare-earth elements of atomic number 58 to 71, and contacting the gas with the Claus catalyst at a temperature below the dew point of sulphur, by which sulphur deposits on the Claus catalyst and the gas is desulphurised.