Stabilized sulfur dissolving compositions

Patent · Tue Jul 02 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:6003853

Lindstrom, M J

This patent describes a storage-stable composition for the dissolution of sulfur. It comprises a major proportion of a sulfide of the formula R{sup 1}SS{sub A}SR{sup 2} where R{sup 1} and R{sup 2} are independently alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkoxyalkyl or hydroxyalkyl radicals wherein the alkyl moiety has from 1 to 24 carbon atoms and A is an average number ranging from 0 to 3, a catalytic amount of a mixture of an amine and a mercaptan, and a stabilizing component effective for an in an amount sufficient to inhibit loss of catalyst activity on storage.

• Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5028343; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-308337
• OSTI ID: 6003853
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020400 -- Petroleum-- Processing
022000* -- Petroleum-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
023000 -- Petroleum-- Properties & Composition
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201 -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
AMINES
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
EQUIPMENT
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MIXTURES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
STABILIZATION
STORAGE FACILITIES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS