Title:
SWEATENING METHOD OF SOUR HYDROCARBON DISTILLATION OIL
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS52101206
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An improved process for sweetening of sour hydrocarbons in a fixed bed treating process wherein the hydrocarbons, containing mercaptans, contact a phthalocyanine catalyst on charcoal in the presence of a basic medium and oxygen. The improvement is use of a quaternary ammonium compound as the basic medium, instead of the aqueous sodium hydroxide solution customarily used. A process for recovery of quaternary ammonium in a compound and its reuse in the process is also disclosed.
Inventors:
KENESU MAIKERU BURAUN
Application Number:
JP282177A
Publication Date:
August 25, 1977
Filing Date:
January 13, 1977
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UOP INC
International Classes:
C10G27/06; C10G27/10; (IPC1-7): C10G27/06