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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Wilbur Clymer Kratz, Macungie, PA (US);
Timothy Christopher Golden, Allentown, PA (US);
Mohammad Ali Kalbassi, Walton-on-Thames, GB;
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A process is set forth for the selective removal of water, CO.sub.2, ethane and C.sub.3 + hydrocarbons from gas streams, particularly a natural gas stream comprising primarily methane. The process comprises contacting the gas stream with an adsorbent material consisting exclusively of one or more compounds which are basic (i.e. compounds which, when contacted with a pH neutral aqueous solution, cause such solution to have a pH greater than 7.0) and which are mesoporous (i.e. compounds which have moderately small pores providing a surface area less than 500 m.sup.2 /g). The key to the present invention is the use of a single homogenous adsorbent without sacrificing performance. Typical mesoporous adsorbents which are useful in the present invention include zinc oxide, magnesium oxide and, in particular, activated alumina.