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US 4,053,554 AGranted
Removal of contaminants from gaseous streams
AssigneeCatalox Corporation
InventorsRichard S. Reed, Alan R. Glueck
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for the continuous removal of contaminants, such as sulfur containing compounds, from a gaseous stream, such as stack gas, by the passage of liquid salt through the stream.
Claims9
The method of removing hydrogen sulfide from a mixture of gases comprising the steps of:
- a. passing the mixture of gases through an absorber;
- b. contacting the mixture of gases with a molten salt complex of vanadium oxide and alkali metal compound in said absorber at a temperature in the range from about 500.degree. to about 700.degree. F. to absorb the hydrogen sulfide;
- c. recovering said mixture of gases from said absorber absent said hydrogen sulfide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.