Sorption of organic compounds from fluids

US5421860A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Engelhard Process Chemicals GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Bretz · Nienburg, DE
• Kristen Fuhrmann · Wunstorf, DE
• Michael Hoffmeister · Laatzen, DE
• Peter Engelmann · Garbsen, DE
• Andreas Meyer-Anderson · Bremen, DE
• Egon Schultz · Lehrte, DE
• Alf-Eric Wischnat · Lehrte, DE
• Helmut Derleth · Nienburg, DE
• Norbert Schwetje · Hannover, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 1993
• Grant date: Jun 6, 1995
• Expiry date: May 18, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J20/20
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for the sorption of organic compounds using a sorbent, comprising activated carbon in a preferably amorphous oxidic support is described. Novel sorbents are also described.