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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Youssef El-Shoubary, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bang Mo Kim, Schenectady, NY (US);
Donald Franklin Foust, Scotia, NY (US);
Norman Zethward Shilling, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502 25 ; 502 22 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a low-temperature process for regenerating carbon adsorbents utilized in flue gas desulfurization where carbon loss is minimized. The carbon adsorbent is soaked or washed in a basic reducing solution having a pH greater than 7.0 at room temperature to remove sulfur-containing compounds from carbon.