Process for sulfur removal from refinery off gas
AssigneePraxair Technology, Inc.
InventorsMinish Mahendra Shah, Raymond Francis Drnevich, Vasilis Papavassiliou
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Abstract
Organic sulfur compounds contained in refinery off gas streams having either high ort low concentrations of olefins are converted to hydrogen sulfides which can be then be removed using conventional amine treating systems. The process uses a catalytic reactor with or without a hydrotreater depending on the olefin concentration of the off gas stream. The catalytic reactor operates in a hydrogenation mode or an oxidation mode to convert a majority of organic sulfur compounds into hydrogen sulfides.
Claims8
A process for removal of organic sulfur compounds from multiple refinery off gas streams containing at least olefins and sulfur compounds including H2S and organic sulfur compounds, wherein a first off gas feed stream contains a high concentration of olefins and a second off gas feed stream contains a low concentration of olefins, the process comprising:
- a) feeding the first feed stream to an amine absorber to remove at least part of the H2S to produce a first H2S depleted stream;
- b) feeding the second feed stream to an amine absorber to remove at least part of the H2S to produce a second H2S depleted stream;
- c) splitting the first H2S depleted stream into a first split stream and a second split stream;
- d) feeding the first split stream into a catalytic reactor at a temperature of between 340° C. and 450° C. to convert a majority of the organic sulfur compounds to H2S at the pressure employed and removing a hot first organic sulfur depleted stream from the catalytic reactor;
- e) combining the second split stream and second H2S depleted stream are mixed in quantities such that the resulting combined stream is fed into a hydrotreater and maintains the temperature of the hydrotreater to between about 340° C. and 450° C. at the pressure employed and converting the organic sulfur compounds into H2S;
- f) removing a second organic sulfur depleted stream from the hydrotreater;
- g) combining the first organic sulfur depleted stream and the second organic sulfur depleted stream to form a combined organic sulfur depleted stream;
- h) cooling the combined organic sulfur depleted stream;
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- i) feeding the cooled combined organic sulfur depleted stream to an amine sulfur removal system to remove the H2S and produce a product gas stream.
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