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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2012
Jonathan Andrew Tertel, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Aziz Sattar, West Chicago, IL (US);
Travis C. Bowen, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
George K. Xomeritakis, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Jonathan Andrew Tertel, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Aziz Sattar, West Chicago, IL (US);
Travis C. Bowen, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
George K. Xomeritakis, Des Plaines, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
One exemplary embodiment can be a process for extracting sulfur compounds in a hydrocarbon stream. The process can include feeding a hydrocarbon stream containing sulfur compounds to a prewash zone containing an alkali, withdrawing a prewashed hydrocarbon stream from the prewash zone, and feeding the prewashed hydrocarbon stream to a mass transfer zone for extracting one or more thiol compounds from the prewashed hydrocarbon stream. Often, the mass transfer zone includes a hollow fiber membrane contactor.