Patent ID: 6802976
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
A process comprising contacting a fluid, which comprises an organic sulfur compound, with an oxidizing agent to produce a pretreated fluid and contacting said pretreated fluid with a biologically active solid wherein said oxidizing agent is capable of converting said organic sulfur compound to a sulfoxide, a sulfone, or combinations thereof; and said oxidizing agent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, a hydrogen peroxide-generating compound, peracetic acid, an oxide of nitrogen, sodium peroxide, an organic peroxide, chlorine dioxide, a halobenzoic acid, an alkali metal bromate or alkaline earth metal bromate, t-butyl peroxide, hypochlorous acid, an alkali metal hypochlorite, chlorine, peroxy carbonate, an alkali metal perborate, an alkali metal persulfate, an alkali metal permanganate, and combinations of two or more thereof.