Adsorber material and process for desulfurizing hydrocarbonaceous gases

US8349037B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Jochen Steiner · Bensheim, DE
• Alexander Schäfer · Gothenburg, SE
• Annebart Engbert Wentink · Palo Alto, US
• Ekkehard Schwab · Neustadt, DE
• Helmut Boos · Edenkoben, DE
• Patrick Amrhein · Hochheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/50
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for removing sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbonaceous gas mixture, which comprises contacting the hydrocarbonaceous gas mixture with an adsorber material comprising copper oxide on magnesium silicate as support material.