Gas Purification by Adsorption of Hydrogen Sulfide
First Claim
1. A process for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from a feed gas containing at least hydrogen sulfide as an impurity, said process comprising contacting the feed gas with an adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide, and adsorbing hydrogen sulfide from said feed gas to produce a hydrogen sulfide depleted feed gas, said adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide having a sulfur deposition rate of less than 0.04 wt % S per day H2S exposure when continuously exposed to a 1% H2S dry gas at 20°
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Abstract
Hydrogen sulfide is removed from a hydrogen rich gas stream using adsorbents having a low loss of carbon dioxide adsorption capacity upon sulfur loading including high purity silica gels, titania or highly cross-linked, non-chemically reactive resins. The adsorbents may be used to adsorb both carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, or may be used as a guard bed upstream of a separate carbon dioxide adsorbent.
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- 1. A process for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from a feed gas containing at least hydrogen sulfide as an impurity, said process comprising contacting the feed gas with an adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide, and adsorbing hydrogen sulfide from said feed gas to produce a hydrogen sulfide depleted feed gas, said adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide having a sulfur deposition rate of less than 0.04 wt % S per day H2S exposure when continuously exposed to a 1% H2S dry gas at 20°
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2. A process for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from a feed gas containing at least hydrogen sulfide as an impurity, said process comprising contacting the feed gas with an adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide, and adsorbing hydrogen sulfide from said feed gas to produce a hydrogen sulfide depleted feed gas, said adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide having an loss of adsorption capacity for carbon dioxide upon accumulation of sulfur on the adsorbent produced by continuous seven day exposure to a 1% H2S dry gas at 20°
- C. of less than 2.0% capacity loss/wt % S loading.
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3. A process for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from a feed gas containing at least hydrogen sulfide as an impurity, said process comprising contacting the feed gas with an adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide, and adsorbing hydrogen sulfide from said feed gas to produce a hydrogen sulfide depleted feed gas, wherein the adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide comprises or consists of a cross-linked resin having no ionic groups and no hydrogen sulfide reactive functional groups.
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15. Apparatus for use in purifying hydrogen by removal of impurities from a hydrogen feed gas, said apparatus comprising a flow path for said feed gas containing an adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide, said flow path having a feed direction, and said adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide a sulfur deposition rate of less than 0.04 wt % S per day H2S exposure when continuously exposed to a 1% H2S dry gas at 20°
- C., and an adsorbent for carbon dioxide in said flow path downstream in said feed direction from said adsorbent for hydrogen sulfide.
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20. A process for the purification of a hydrogen rich feed gas containing at least carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide as impurities, comprising contacting the feed gas with a first adsorbent contained in a first adsorbent vessel and thereby removing hydrogen sulfide from said feed gas to form a hydrogen sulfide depleted feed gas and contacting said hydrogen sulfide depleted feed gas with at least a second adsorbent contained in a second adsorbent vessel to remove at least carbon dioxide from said hydrogen sulfide depleted feed gas, and at intervals regenerating said first adsorbent and at different intervals regenerating said second adsorbent, wherein said first adsorbent is silica gel, titania, or a cross-linked resin having no ionic groups and no hydrogen sulfide reactive functional groups.
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21. Apparatus for use in purifying hydrogen by removal of impurities from a hydrogen feed gas, said apparatus comprising a flow path for said feed gas containing a first adsorbent in a first adsorbent vessel for adsorbing hydrogen sulfide, said flow path having a feed direction, a second adsorbent in a second adsorbent vessel for adsorbing at least carbon dioxide in said flow path downstream in said feed direction from said first adsorbent vessel, a source of at least one regeneration gas, a regeneration controller for at first intervals directing a regeneration gas from said source of regeneration gas to regenerate said first adsorbent, and for at second intervals directing a regeneration gas from said source of regeneration gas to regenerate said second adsorbent, wherein said first adsorbent is is silica gel, titania, or a cross-linked resin having no ionic groups and no hydrogen sulfide reactive functional groups.
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