Patent ID: 6350372
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: C10G,C10L

Abstract:
A process for removal of mercury from a mercury-contaminated hydrocarbon feedstream, the process consisting essentially of:contacting said hydrocarbon feedstream with a feedstream-soluble sulfur compound, wherein the amount of sulfur compound contacted with the hydrocarbon feedstream is from about 0.001 to about 0.1 wt % on an elemental sulfur basis, and contacting said hydrocarbon feedstream and solubilized sulfur compound with an adsorbent selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, alumina, gold on alumina, and silver on alumina, at a temperature within the range of about 65Â° C. to about 232Â° C., to remove at least 85% of the mercury, on an elemental basis, from the hydrocarbon feedstream.