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US 5,702,590 AGranted
Process for the removal of mercury
AssigneeDsm N.V.
InventorsGeert I. V. Bonte, Johannes C. J. De Kock
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the removal of mercury and/or other heavy metals from a cracker feed with the aid of an adsorbent. The process is characterized in that the feed is also subjected to magnetic filtration.
Claims12
A process for the removal of mercury from a mercury-containing cracker feed, which comprises the combination of steps of:
- subjecting said cracker feed to magnetic filtration;
- and
- removing mercury from said cracker feed by contacting said cracker feed with an adsorbent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.