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Sorption of trialkyl arsines
Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Co
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Filing: 1989-11-02
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Granted: 1990-06-12
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Expires: 2009-11-02
Abstract
Abstract Trialkyl arsines are removed from fluids, in particular gases, by contacting with a solid sorbent material containing at least one silver component (preferably nitrate and/or oxide and/or metal) and a support material (preferably alumina, fluorided alumina, silica, fluorided silica, titania or magnesium aluminate).
Inventors
- 👤 Gerhard Nowack
- 👤 Patricia A. Tooley
- 👤 Joseph B. Cross
- 👤 Marvin M. Johnson
- 👤 Ted Cymbaluk
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-11-01 22:10
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/02; B01J; B01J20/00; B01J20/02; B01J20/0203; B01J20/0233; B01J20/027; B01J20/0274; B01J20/0288; B01J20/06; B01J20/28; B01J20/28014; B01J20/28052; B01J20/30; B01J20/3085; B01J20/32; B01J20/3202; B01J20/3204; B01J20/3231; B01J20/3234; B01J20/3236; B01J20/34; B01J20/3433; B01J20/345; B01J20/3458; B01J20/3483; B01J2220/00; B01J2220/50; B01J2220/56; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S210/00; Y10S210/902; Y10S210/908; Y10S95/00; Y10S95/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A process for at least partially removing trialkyl arsines from fluids comprising the step of contacting a fluid feed which contains at least one trialkyl arsine with a solid sorbent material comprising (a) at least one silver component and (b) an inorganic support material; wherein said contacting is carried out at such contacting conditions as to obtain a fluid product having a lower trialkyl arsine content than said feed and to obtain a used solid sorbent material containing that portion of said at least one trialkyl arsine which has been removed from said feed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A process for at least partially removing trialkyl arsines from fluids comprising the step of contacting a fluid feed which contains at least one trialkyl arsine with a solid sorbent material comprising (a) at least one silver component and (b) an inorganic support material; wherein said contacting is carried out at such contacting conditions as to obtain a fluid product having a lower trialkyl arsine content than said feed and to obtain a used solid sorbent material containing that portion of said at least one trialkyl arsine which has been removed from said feed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said fluid is a gas.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said fluid is a hydrocarbon-containing gas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said trialkyl arsine has the chemical formula of R 3 As with each R being independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups containing 1-6 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process in accordance with claim 4, wherein said alkyl groups contain 1-3 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said feed is a gas and said at least one trialkyl arsine is selected from the group consisting of trimethyl arsine, triethyl arsine, dimethyl ethyl arsine and diethyl methyl arsine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said feed contains about 1 ppb to about 0.1 weight-% of said at least one trialkyl arsine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said feed is a gas, and said at least one silver component (a) is selected from the group consisting of silver metal, silver oxide, silver fluoride, silver nitrate, silver sulfate, silver pyrosulfate, silver thiosulfate, silver carboxylates, silver phosphate, silver pyrophosphate, silver sulfide, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process in accordance with claim 8, wherein said at least one silver component (a) is selected from the group consisting of silver metal, silver nitrate, silver oxide and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said feed is a gas, and said inorganic support material (b) is selected from the group consisting of alumina, fluorided alumina, aluminum phosphate, silica, fluorided silica, aluminosilicates, titania, zirconia, hafnia, aluminates of zinc, aluminates of Group IIA metals, titanates of zinc, titanates of Group IIA metals, activated carbon and mixtures thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process in accordance with claim 10, wherein said inorganic support material (b) is selected from the group consisting of alumina, fluorided alumina, silica, fluorided silica, titania and magnesium aluminate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said solid sorbent material contains about 1-30 weight-% Ag.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process in accordance with claim 8, wherein said solid sorbent material contains about 2-15 weight-% Ag.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said feed is a gas, and said contacting conditions comprise a temperature in the range of from about -20° to 100° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said feed is a gas, and said contacting is carried out in a contacting zone containing said solid sorbent material in a fixed bed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said feed is a gas and additionally contains at least one of H 2 S and AsH 3 .
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
49 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said feed is a gas which additionally contains at least one of H 2 S and AsH 3 , and said gas is passed through a bed of a CuO-ZnO containing material prior to said contacting with said solid sorbent material.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
125 words
A process for at least partially removing trialkyl arsines from fluids comprising the step of contacting a fluid feed which contains at least one trialkyl arsine with a solid sorbent material comprising (a) a silver component selected from the group consisting of silver metal, silver nitrate, silver oxide and mixtures thereof, and (b) an inorganic support material selected from the group consisting of alumina, fluoride alumina, silica, fluorided silica, titania, magnesium aluminate and mixtures thereof; wherein said contacting is carried out at such contacting conditions as to obtain a fluid product having a lower trialkyl arsine content than said feed and to obtain a used solid sorbent material containing that portion of said at least one trialkyl arsine which has been removed from said feed.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
125 words
A process for at least partially removing trialkyl arsines from fluids comprising the step of contacting a fluid feed which contains at least one trialkyl arsine with a solid sorbent material comprising (a) a silver component selected from the group consisting of silver metal, silver nitrate, silver oxide and mixtures thereof, and (b) an inorganic support material selected from the group consisting of alumina, fluoride alumina, silica, fluorided silica, titania, magnesium aluminate and mixtures thereof; wherein said contacting is carried out at such contacting conditions as to obtain a fluid product having a lower trialkyl arsine content than said feed and to obtain a used solid sorbent material containing that portion of said at least one trialkyl arsine which has been removed from said feed.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process in accordance with claim 18, wherein said fluid is a gas.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process in accordance with claim 18, wherein said fluid is a hydrocarbon-containing gas.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process in accordance with claim 18, wherein said trialkyl arsine has the chemical formula of R 3 As with each R being independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups containing 1-6 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process in accordance with claim 18, wherein said feed is a gas, and said at least one trialkyl arsine is selected from the group consisting of trimethyl arsine, triethyl arsine, dimethyl ethyl arsine and diethyl methyl arsine.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process in accordance with claim 18, wherein said feed contains about 1 ppb to about 0.1 weight-% of said at least one trialkyl arsine.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process in accordance with claim 18, wherein said solid sorbent material contains about 2-15 weight-% Ag.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process in accordance with claim 18, wherein said feed is a gas, and said contacting conditions comprise a temperature in the range of from about -20° to 100° C.
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