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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Thomas Giroux, Madison, NJ (US);
Earl Waterman, Iselin, NJ (US);
Robert Joseph Farrauto, Princeton, NJ (US);
Thomas Giroux, Madison, NJ (US);
Earl Waterman, Iselin, NJ (US);
Robert Joseph Farrauto, Princeton, NJ (US);
BASF Corporation, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of reforming a sulfur containing hydrocarbon involves contacting the sulfur containing hydrocarbon with a sulfur tolerant catalyst containing a sulfur tolerant precious metal and a non-sulfating carrier so that the sulfur tolerant catalyst adsorbs at least a portion of sulfur in the sulfur containing hydrocarbon and a low sulfur reformate is collected, and contacting the sulfur tolerant catalyst with an oxygen containing gas to convert at least a portion of adsorbed sulfur to a sulfur oxide that is desorbed from the sulfur tolerant catalyst.