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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2014
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Jonathan Andrew Tertel, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Jasna Karagic, Chicago, IL (US);
Luigi Laricchia, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for conversion of mercaptans are provided. In one example, an apparatus comprises a vessel that is capable to receive a feed stream that comprises liquid hydrocarbons and the mercaptans. The vessel comprises a catalyst bed section that is capable of contacting the feed stream with a catalyst in the presence of oxygen (O) and caustic at reaction conditions effective to oxidize the mercaptans and form a caustic-containing, sweetened liquid hydrocarbon-containing stream. A coalescing bed section is capable to coalesce and separate at least a portion of the caustic from the caustic-containing, sweetened liquid hydrocarbon-containing stream for forming a caustic-depleted, sweetened liquid hydrocarbon-containing product stream.