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Process for removing metals from resid

US8608950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

UOP LLC · US

Inventors

Manuela Serban · Des Plaines, US
Alakananda Bhattacharyya · Glen Ellyn, US
Beckay J. Mezza · Arlington Heights, US
Kurt M. Vanden Bussche · Lake in the Hills, US
Christopher P. Nicholas · Evanston, US
Warren K. Bennion · Chicago, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2010
Grant date	Dec 17, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC10G2300/805
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for removing a metal from a resid feed includes contacting the resid feed comprising the metal with a resid-immiscible ionic liquid to produce a resid and resid-immiscible ionic liquid mixture, and separating the mixture to produce a resid effluent having a reduced metal content relative to the resid feed.

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