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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth Roy Comey, III, Beaumont, TX (US);
Gerald Verdell Nelson, Nederland, TX (US);
Lee Kessie Gilmer, Nederland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 1/900 ; G05D 9/00 ; C07C 2/58 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 1/900 ; G05D 9/00 ; C07C 2/58 ;
Abstract
A safety apparatus has been found for recovering an airborne hydrogen fluoride release in a hydrocarbon alkylation process. The safety apparatus comprising containment baffles and hydrogen fluoride detectors. Hydrogen fluoride detectors activate water flood means which discharge into the containment baffles. The water flood containing essentially all of the hydrogen fluoride release is recovered for disposal. Recoveries of 90 wt % have been demonstrated.