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System and method for removing sulfur from hydrocarbon fluids

US11433321B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Sjoerd Hoogwater · Littleton, US
Tom Wilson · Overland Park, US
Dan Johnson · Dickinson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2019
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC10G2300/80
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Systems and methods for sulfur-compound removal from hydrocarbon liquids may include at least one tank defining a chamber with top and bottom ends, a gas inlet into the chamber, a gas outlet from the chamber, a fluid inlet into the chamber, and a fluid outlet from the chamber. A fluid circulation assembly creates a hydrocarbon liquid flow on a liquid path, and a gas circulation assembly circulates a gas flow along a gas path. The gas inlet and outlet and the fluid inlet and outlet of the tank may be arranged to create a crossflow and counterflow of the liquid and gas flows in the chamber of the tank such that sulfur-containing compounds are transferred from the liquid to the gas flow. A gas processor assembly may remove sulfur-containing compounds from the gas flow before recirculating the gas flow. The gas flow may be predominantly nitrogen (N2) gas.

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