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Process for recovering hydrogen and elemental sulfur from hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans-containing gases

US4066739A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 30, 1976
Grant dateJan 3, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 30, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC01B17/05
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for removing hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans from hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans-containing gases using aqueous iodine slurry and/or solution to recover elemental sulfur as one product and to generate hydriodic acid which is dehydrated, pressurized, and decomposed into iodine for recycling and into hydrogen for recovering as another product.

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