Agglomeration-Resistant Desulfurizing Product
AssigneeM-I L.L.C.
InventorThomas G. Braga
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product for removing contaminants from a fluid stream. The agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product comprising a metal oxide composition for reacting with contaminants and a polymeric crystallization inhibitor for reducing the agglomeration of the desulfurizing product resulting from using the desulfurizing product. A method to produce the agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product and a method to treat a fluid stream is also disclosed.
Claims31
An agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product for removing contaminants from a fluid stream, the desulfurizing product comprising:
- (a) a metal oxide composition that comprises a primary component, wherein the primary component comprises at least one metal oxide of the formula MexOy .(H20)z, wherein Me is selected from groups 4-12 of the periodic table of elements, 0 is oxygen;
- 1 s;
- x s;
- 3;
- 1 ::5 y s;
- 4, and 0 s;
- z ::5 1O;
- and
- (b) a polymeric crystallization inhibitor.
A method for producing an agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product for removing contaminants from a fluid stream, the method comprising adhering a polymeric crystallization inhibitor to at least a surface of a desulfurizing product thereby resulting in the agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product, wherein the primary component comprises at least one metal oxide of the formula MexOy.(H20)z, wherein Me is selected from groups 4-12 of the periodic table of elements, 0 is oxygen;
- 1 s;
- x s;
- 3;
- 1 s;
- y s;
- 4, and 0 s;
- z s;
- 10.
A method for removing contaminants from a fluid stream, the method comprising contacting the fluid stream with an agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product that comprises:
- (a) a metal oxide composition that comprises a primary component, wherein the primary component comprises at least one metal
- oxide of the formula MexOy.(H20)z, wherein Me is selected from groups 4-12 of the periodic table of elements, 0 is oxygen;
- 1 :S x:S 3;
- 1:S y :S 4, and 0 :S z :S 1O;
- and
- (b) a polymeric crystallization inhibitor;
- wherein the fluid stream is contacted with the agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product for a period of time, at a pressure, and at a temperature sufficient to react at least a portion of the contaminants in the fluid stream with the metal oxide composition thereby removing contaminants from the fluid stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.