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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kailash Chandra Srivastava, Centreville, VA (US);
Daman S Walia, Clifton, VA (US);
Assignee:
Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502 20 ; 502 22 ; 502 38 ; 435262 ; 435282 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a biological process for regenerating metal-containing sulfide mitigation catalysts that are commonly known in the natural gas processing industry as liquid redox catalysts. The invention further relates to a sulfide mitigation process wherein mitigation and regeneration are performed in a single reactor under substantially anaerobic conditions. The present invention also relates to a self regenerating catalyst composition for the mitigation of sulfides.