Patent ID: 8795515
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. A dechlorination process, comprising: a) feeding a mixture comprising a hydrocarbon product and a carrier gas to a catalytic dechlorination zone, wherein the hydrocarbon product comprises at least one organochloride contaminant; b) contacting the mixture with a dechlorination catalyst selected from the group consisting of silica, silica-alumina, alumina, zinc oxide, titania, zirconia, magnesium oxide, activated carbon, a zeolite, and combinations thereof within the catalytic dechlorination zone under catalytic dechlorination conditions to provide an effluent comprising: i) the carrier gas, ii) HCl, and iii) a dechlorinated hydrocarbon product; and c) via a distillation unit, separating the dechlorinated hydrocarbon product from the carrier gas and the HCl.