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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Hiromitsu Shibuya, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Senichiro Kaku, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromitsu Shibuya, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Senichiro Kaku, Tokyo, JP;
JGC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mercury removal apparatus for a liquid hydrocarbon includes a conversion device which converts a mercury component in a raw liquid hydrocarbon into elemental mercury to obtain a first liquid hydrocarbon containing the elemental mercury. The apparatus also includes a first stripping device which brings the first liquid hydrocarbon into counter-current contact with a first stripping gas, thereby transferring the elemental mercury in the first liquid hydrocarbon to the first stripping gas to obtain (i) a second liquid hydrocarbon in which the amount of the elemental mercury decreases and (ii) a first gaseous hydrocarbon containing the elemental mercury.