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Process for the purification of gases

  • US 2,863,527 A
  • Filed: 07/27/1955
  • Issued: 12/09/1958
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1949
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF COMBUSTIBLE GASES COMPRISING A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBON MONOXIDE, HYDROGEN, METHANE AND MIXTURES THEREOF, AND CONTAINING AS IMPURITIES HYDROGEN SULFIDE WITH A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS, GUM AND RESIN FORMERS, CYANOGEN COMPOUNDS, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTNG SUCH AS A GAS AT A TEMPERATURE OF BELOW ABOUT -10*C. AT A PRESSURE OF AT LEAST 2 ATMOSPHERES WITH A POLAR ORGANIC WASHING LIQUID SUBSTANTIALLY CHEMICALLY NON-REACTIVE WITH THE GAS COMPONENTS AND HAVING A FREEZING POINT BELOW SAID CONTACTING TEMPERATURE TO THEREBY REMOVE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND SAID SECOND MENTIONED GROUP MEMBER, AND RECOVERING A PURIFIED GAS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED CONTENT OF SAID IMPURITIES.

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