# US 2008/0102009 A1 · Configuration and process for carbonyl removal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0102009 A1 - Document ID: US20080102009A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 10/543,438 - Filed: 2004-01-21 - Published: 2008-05-01 - Earliest claimed: 2003-01-28 - Assignees: Fluor Technologies Corporation - Inventors: Ravi Ravikumar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080102009A1 ## CPC - C10K 1/007: {of metal compounds} - B01D 53/02: by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography {(solid sorbent compositions B01J20/00, preparation of inorganic compounds or elements C01)} - B01J 20/02: comprising inorganic material - B01J 20/10: comprising silica or silicate - B01J 20/18: Synthetic zeolitic molecular sieves - B01J 20/20: comprising free carbon; comprising carbon obtained by carbonising processes - B01J 20/3078: {Thermal treatment, e.g. calcining or pyrolizing} - C10K 1/205: {Methods and apparatus for treating the purifying masses without their regeneration (recovering of sulfur C01B17/00; recovering of cyanide compounds C01C3/00)} - C10K 1/32: with selectively adsorptive solids, e.g. active carbon - F01D 25/007: {Preventing corrosion} - F02C 3/22: the fuel or oxidant being gaseous at standard temperature and pressure (F02C3/28 takes precedence) - F02C 7/30: Preventing corrosion {or unwanted deposits} in gas-swept spaces - B01D 2253/112: Metals or metal compounds not provided for in B01D2253/104 or B01D2253/106 - B01D 2257/308: Carbonoxysulfide COS - Y02E 20/16: Combined cycle power plant [CCPP], or combined cycle gas turbine [CCGT] - Y02E 20/18: Integrated gasification combined cycle [IGCC], e.g. combined with carbon capture and storage [CCS] - C10K: PURIFYING OR MODIFYING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF COMBUSTIBLE GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) - B01J: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A plant includes an adsorber in which a metal is plated onto a non-metallic sacrificial materials from a metal carbonyl at a predetermined temperature. Particularly preferred adsorbers include two sections, wherein a first metal (e.g., nickel) is plated onto graphite in the first section, and wherein a second metal (e.g., iron) is plated onto graphite in the second section. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An adsorber comprising a sacrificial non-metallic material onto which a metal is plated from a metal carbonyl contained in a feed gas at a temperature sufficient to plate the metal onto the non-metallic material. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The adsorber of claim 1 wherein the sacrificial non-metallic material comprises graphite. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The adsorber of claim 2 wherein the feed gas comprises a syngas from a gasification plant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The adsorber of claim 2 wherein the temperature to plate the metal onto the non-metallic material is in the range of between 150° C. to 200° C. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The adsorber of claim 4 wherein the metal is nickel and wherein the temperature is between 150° C. to 170° C. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The adsorber of claim 4 wherein the metal is iron and wherein the temperature is between 180° C. to 200° C. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The adsorber of claim 2 wherein the sacrificial non-metallic material is contained in a first section and a second section, wherein the metal is plated in the first section at the temperature, and wherein a second metal is plated from a second metal carbonyl in the second section at a second temperature. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The adsorber of claim 7 wherein the metal is nickel, wherein the temperature is between 150° C. to 170° C., wherein the second metal is iron, and wherein the second temperature is between 180° C. to 200° C. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The adsorber of claim 1 further coupled to at least one component of an integrated gasification combined cycle plant. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The adsorber of claim 9 wherein the at least one component comprises a gas turbine that is coupled to a power generator. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The plant of claim 10 wherein the feed gas is heated by an aluminum-containing surface of a heat exchanger or a gas turbine feed gas preheater. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The adsorber of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the feed gas is produced from gasification of a material selected from the group consisting of petroleum coke, visbreaker bottoms, asphaltenes, and vacuum bottoms. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The adsorber of claim 1 wherein the feed gas is a feed stream for a gas turbine, a feed stream for a synthesis unit, or a feed stream for a pressure swing adsorption unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The adsorber of claim 1 wherein the metal carbonyl is selected from the group consisting of nickel carbonyl, iron carbonyl, and cobalt carbonyl. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The adsorber of claim 1 further coupled to a second adsorber according to claim 1, wherein the adsorber and the second adsorber operate in series. ### Claim 16 A method of reducing a metal carbonyl concentration in a feed gas, comprising: providing a feed gas that includes a metal carbonyl; and contacting the feed gas in an adsorber with a sacrificial non-metallic material at a temperature sufficient to plate a metal from the metal carbonyl onto the sacrificial non-metallic material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16 wherein at least a portion of the feed gas is a syngas produced from gasification of a material selected from the group consisting of petroleum coke, visbreaker bottoms, asphaltenes, and vacuum bottoms. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17 wherein the sacrificial non-metallic material comprises graphite. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the metal carbonyl is selected from the group consisting of nickel carbonyl, iron carbonyl, and cobalt carbonyl. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the temperature to plate the metal onto the non-metallic material is in the range of between 150° C. to 200° C.