Process for removing fluorides from fluids
OwnerMarc Blachman, Terence J. McHughinventors
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Abstract
A new method for removing HF and related organic fluorides from fluid streams in which the fluoride species exist as impurities and, in particular, from hydrocarbon fluid streams containing no more than about 1.0% by weight total combined fluorides. The method consists of contacting the fluid stream with an adsorbent consisting essentially of activated alumina that has been treated with a promoter material selected from the oxides and phosphates of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, and mixtures thereof. This is preferably accomplished by providing a suitable absorber vessel charged with the adsorbent to form a fixed bed, and then conducting the fluoride-contaminated fluid through the fixed bed, either in a downflow or an upflow manner.
Claims11
A method for removing HF and related organic fluorides from a fluid stream exiting an alkylation unit, said fluid stream containing less than about 1.0% by weight of total HF and related organic fluorides as impurities, comprising passing said fluid stream at elevated temperatures between 175-250° C. through a fixed bed of activated alumina which has been promoted with a compound selected from the oxides and phosphates of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, and mixtures thereof.
A method of removing HF and related organic fluorides from a contaminated alkylation effluent stream containing same as an impurity, which comprises providing a vessel charged with activated alumina that has been promoted with a compound selected from the oxides and phosphates of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, and mixtures thereof, to form a fixed bed, and then conducting said alkylation effluent stream through the fixed bed at elevated temperatures between 175-250° C.
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