WO2003011436A1 - Desulphurisation - Google Patents
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- WO2003011436A1 WO2003011436A1 PCT/GB2002/003112 GB0203112W WO03011436A1 WO 2003011436 A1 WO2003011436 A1 WO 2003011436A1 GB 0203112 W GB0203112 W GB 0203112W WO 03011436 A1 WO03011436 A1 WO 03011436A1
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- 238000006460 hydrolysis reaction Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 26
- 230000007062 hydrolysis Effects 0.000 claims abstract description 25
- 239000003054 catalyst Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 24
- RWSOTUBLDIXVET-UHFFFAOYSA-N Dihydrogen sulfide Chemical compound S RWSOTUBLDIXVET-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 23
- JJWKPURADFRFRB-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbonyl sulfide Chemical compound O=C=S JJWKPURADFRFRB-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 22
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- PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N aluminium oxide Inorganic materials [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Al+3].[Al+3] PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 6
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- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 4
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 4
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- 150000004649 carbonic acid derivatives Chemical class 0.000 claims description 3
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- 235000014692 zinc oxide Nutrition 0.000 claims description 2
- RNWHGQJWIACOKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N zinc;oxygen(2-) Chemical class [O-2].[Zn+2] RNWHGQJWIACOKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 2
- CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbon dioxide Chemical compound O=C=O CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
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- 229910002092 carbon dioxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Hydrogen Chemical compound [H][H] UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfur Chemical class [S] NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
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- XFWJKVMFIVXPKK-UHFFFAOYSA-N calcium;oxido(oxo)alumane Chemical compound [Ca+2].[O-][Al]=O.[O-][Al]=O XFWJKVMFIVXPKK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 239000001569 carbon dioxide Substances 0.000 description 3
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- 229910052739 hydrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- 238000003786 synthesis reaction Methods 0.000 description 3
- 239000011701 zinc Substances 0.000 description 3
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- IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Atomic nitrogen Chemical compound N#N IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- UGFAIRIUMAVXCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbon monoxide Chemical class [O+]#[C-] UGFAIRIUMAVXCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000005864 Sulphur Substances 0.000 description 2
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- PWHULOQIROXLJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Manganese Chemical compound [Mn] PWHULOQIROXLJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000010521 absorption reaction Methods 0.000 description 1
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- 229940077746 antacid containing aluminium compound Drugs 0.000 description 1
- QVGXLLKOCUKJST-UHFFFAOYSA-N atomic oxygen Chemical compound [O] QVGXLLKOCUKJST-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
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- NKCVNYJQLIWBHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbonodiperoxoic acid Chemical compound OOC(=O)OO NKCVNYJQLIWBHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D53/00—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols
- B01D53/34—Chemical or biological purification of waste gases
- B01D53/74—General processes for purification of waste gases; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor
- B01D53/86—Catalytic processes
- B01D53/8603—Removing sulfur compounds
- B01D53/8606—Removing sulfur compounds only one sulfur compound other than sulfur oxides or hydrogen sulfide
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D53/00—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols
- B01D53/02—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography
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- This invention relates to desulphurisation and in particular to the removal of sulphur compounds from fluid streams containing carbonyl sulphide.
- Carbonyl sulphide can be converted to hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide by hydrolysis with water.
- carbonyl sulphide is removed by passing the fluid (to which water has been added if necessary) through a bed of a suitable hydrolysis catalyst and then passing the effluent through a bed of a hydrogen sulphide absorbent or through an alternative hydrogen sulphide removal system. If the feedstock fluid contains hydrogen sulphide as well as carbonyl sulphide, in order to shift the equilibrium towards removal of the carbonyl sulphide, the fluid may be passed through a bed of a hydrogen sulphide absorbent prior to contact with the carbonyl sulphide hydrolysis catalyst.
- the present invention provides a process for the removal of carbonyl sulphide from a fluid stream comprising passing the fluid through a fixed bed of an intimate mixture of shaped units formed from particles of a carbonyl sulphide hydrolysis catalyst and shaped units formed from particles of an absorbent for hydrogen sulphide.
- Both types of shaped units in the mixture may be pellets, granules or extrudates having maxima and minima dimensions in the range 0.5 to 6 mm. They each preferably have an aspect ratio, i.e. the ratio of the maximum dimension to the minimum dimension, below 2. Preferably the maximum dimension of the absorbent units is 0.5 to 2 times the maximum dimension of the hydrolysis catalyst units.
- the relative proportions of the absorbent and hydrolysis catalyst units will depend on the activity of the hydrolysis catalyst units under the relevant process conditions. The greater the activity, the smaller is the proportion of hydrolysis catalyst units that is required, and hence the greater the overall sulphur removal capacity of the fixed bed.
- the use of a mixture of shaped units is advantageous compared to the use of shaped units formed from a mixture of particles of the hydrolysis catalyst and hydrogen sulphide absorbent as it is more versatile since the proportions of the units employed can be tailored to the specific application.
- the hydrolysis catalyst units form 5 to 50% by volume of the mixture of units.
- the hydrolysis catalyst units preferably comprise granules, pellets or extrudates of an activated alumina composition. They may contain 0% to 10% by weight of a suitable binder, for example calcium aluminate cement, to enable shaped units of adequate strength to be produced.
- the shaped units preferably have a BET surface area of above 50 m 2 /g, particularly over 00 m 2 /g, for example 150-400 m 2 /g.
- the hydrogen sulphide absorbent is preferably formed from a composition containing copper and/or zinc oxides, hydroxides, carbonates or hydroxycarbonates, and preferably has a BET surface area above 50 m 2 /g.
- the absorbent may also contain other components such as alumina and may contain up to about 10% by weight of a binder such as a calcium aluminate cement. Particularly suitable hydrogen sulphide absorbents are described in US 4871710.
- shaped units e.g. agglomerates, made from a precipitated composition containing copper, zinc and aluminium compounds and a binder can themselves be used for carbonyl sulphide removal
- the fluid stream being treated may be passed through the bed in the liquid or gaseous state at any convenient temperature ranging from ambient, i.e. about 20°C to about 200°C and at any convenient pressure, for example ranging from atmospheric to 100 bar abs.
- fluid streams to which the present invention may be applied include hydrocarbon streams such as natural gas; nitrogen and/or oxygen-containing streams such as air; carbon oxides streams such as carbon dioxide; and hydrogen-containing streams such as hydrogen/carbon oxides synthesis gas mixtures.
- the concentration of carbonyl sulphide in the fluid stream may vary within a wide range. Where it is more than about 100 ppm by weight, it may be desirable to decrease its concentration, prior to use as the feedstock to the process of the present invention, by an initial hydrolysis step followed by a hydrogen sulphide removal stage using for example a liquid absorbent.
- the feedstock also contains some water, preferably in an amount of at least three moles per mole of carbonyl sulphide.
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GB0118416A GB0118416D0 (en) | 2001-07-30 | 2001-07-30 | Desulphurisation |
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