H/sub 2/S removal from gas streams

Patent · Tue May 03 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6848698

Fong, H L; Van Kleeck, D A; Harryman, J M

A process for the removal of H/sub 2/S from sour gaseous streams is disclosed in which the sour gaseous stream is contacted with a solution containing solubilized iron chelates of a specified organic acid or acids. The contacting is carried out in first and second contacting zones, the first being a gas-solution mixture of formation zone and the second comprising of contacting sections adapted to provide reaction of the H/sub 2/S in the sour gaseous stream with the iron the contacting solution without plugging due to deposition of sulfur.

• Assignee: Shell Oil Co., Houston, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4741888
• OSTI ID: 6848698
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020400* -- Petroleum-- Processing
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201 -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
ACETIC ACID
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHELATES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMPLEXES
DESULFURIZATION
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IRON COMPOUNDS
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
PROPIONIC ACID
REMOVAL
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS