Abstract: Natural gas containing hydrogen sulfide is treated at well-head pressures by contact with a crystalline substituted or unsubstituted stannosilicate for removal of hydrogen sulfide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 1992
Date of Patent:
November 23, 1993
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Company
Inventors:
Edward W. Corcoran, Jr., David E. W. Vaughan, Paul E. Eberly, Jr., Killian D. Efird
Abstract: Highly durable and chemically reactive zinc titanate materials are prepared in a particle size range of 50 to 400 .mu.m suitable for a fluidized-bed reactor for removing reduced sulfur species in a gaseous form by granulating a mixture of fine zinc oxide and titanium oxide with inorganic and organic binders and by optional additions of small amounts of activators such as CoO and MoO.sub.3 ; and then indurating it at 800.degree. to 900.degree. C. for a time sufficient to produce attrition-resistant granules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 26, 1992
Date of Patent:
October 19, 1993
Assignee:
Research Triangle Institute
Inventors:
Raghubir P. Gupta, Santosh K. Gangwal, Suresh C. Jain