Gas Purification by Adsorption of Hydrogen Sulfide
First Claim
1. 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°
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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. 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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6. 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 silica gel, titania, or a cross-linked resin having no ionic groups and no hydrogen sulfide reactive functional groups.
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