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US 3,945,914 AGranted
Process for "sulfur reduction of an oxidized hydrocarbon by forming a metal-sulfur-containing compound"
AssigneeAtlantic Richfield Company
InventorsJin Sun Yoo, Andrew P. Voss
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Abstract
A process for reducing the sulfur content of hydrocarbon material by oxidizing the sulfur impurities contained in the hydrocarbon material, contacting the oxidized sulfur-containing hydrocarbon material with at least one of certain metal containing components at conditions to form a metal, sulfur-containing compound and recovering a hydrocarbon material of reduced sulfur content.
Claims14
A process for producing a hydrocarbon material of reduced sulfur content which comprises:
- 1. contacting a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon material with an oxidant to preferentially oxidize at least a portion of the sulfur and form an oxidized sulfur-containing hydrocarbon material, a major amount of said sulfur-containing hydrocarbon material boils above about 550.degree.F.;
- 2. contacting said oxidized sulfur-containing hydrocarbon material with at least one metal or metal-containing compound at a temperature within the range from about 500.degree.F. to about 1350.degree.F., to form a metal-sulfur-containing compound, said metal or metal-containing compound comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, molybdenum, cobalt, tungsten, zinc, vanadium, copper, manganese, mercury and mixtures thereof;
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- 3. recovering a hydrocarbon material from step (2) of reduced sulfur content.
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