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US 4,541,997 AGranted
Process of reducing the oxygen content in gas mixtures
AssigneeEka AB
InventorGustaf F. Bengt
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AssigneeEka AB
InventorGustaf F. Bengt
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A process of reducing the oxygen content in gas mixtures to 0.0-1.5% by volume, in which process the gas is contacted with a solution containing anthrahydroquinone derivatives capable of being oxidized with molecular oxygen under formation of hydrogen peroxide. The supply of oxygen is so adjusted that the amount of oxygen supplied, upon quantitative formation of hydrogen peroxide, stoichiometrically corresponds to not more than 90%, preferably 50%, of the supplied amount of anthrahydroquinone derivative. The hydrogen peroxide content at the contact surfaces between the solution and the gas must not exceed 100 millimols per liter at a simultaneous oxygen gas pressure of not more than 100 millibars. The oxygen-poor gas mixture in accordance with the process of this invention may be used as a protective or inert gas in chemical process industries where use is made of inflammable gases.
A process of reducing the oxygen content in a gas mixture to 0.0-1.5% by volume and simultaneously producing hydrogen peroxide in high yield, comprising, contacting the gas mixture with a solution containing anthrahydroquinone derivatives capable of being oxidized with molecular oxygen to form hydrogen peroxide, the supply of oxygen being controlled such that the supplied amount of oxygen is at least 10% lower than the amount stoichimetrically corresponding to the supplied amount of anthrahydroquinone derivative on quantitive hydrogen peroxide formation, and the oxygen supply being so controlled in relation to the supply of anthrahydroquinone derivative that the oxygen pressure in the gas mixture at the surface of contact between the solution and the gas mixture is not higher than 100 millibars when the hydrogen peroxide concentration is lower than 100 millimols per liter.
A process as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said contacting of the gas mixture with said solution is performed at a temperature of 20.degree.-100.degree. C.
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