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Removal of oxygen from hydrocarbon-containing gas mixtures

US10717045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Wacker Chemie AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Schultheiss · Burghausen, DE
Willibald Dafinger · Zweibrücken, DE
Marc Oliver Eckert · Bodenkirchen, DE
Friedrich Frank · Julbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2015
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 22, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/52
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for removing oxygen from hydrocarbon-containing gas mixtures, characterized in that a hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture containing 50 vol % of one or more hydrocarbons, 2 to 10 vol % of oxygen, and possibly one or more gases from the group comprising nitrogen, noble gases, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and water is introduced into an isothermally operated reactor, in which the oxygen contained in the hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture is at least partially converted into carbon dioxide and water in the presence of one or more catalysts, wherein the specifications in vol % relate to the total volume of the hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture introduced into the reactor and add up to 100 vol % in total.

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