Patent ID: 7708956
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. A method of contemporaneously removing sulfur hydrocarbon compounds from two streams, the method comprising: providing a separator vessel comprising a top, a bottom, a primary feed inlet and a co-feed inlet, the separator vessel further comprising a catalyst bed disposed between the co-feed inlet and the top, the top comprising a vapor outlet, the bottom comprising a bottoms outlet; delivering a primary feed stream comprising sulfur hydrocarbon compounds through the primary feed inlet; delivering a vaporized co-feed stream also comprising sulfur hydrocarbon compounds through the co-feed inlet; vaporizing the co-feed stream prior to delivering the co-feed stream to the separator vessel; vaporizing at least a portion of the sulfur hydrocarbon compounds in the primary feed stream and passing the vaporized sulfur hydrocarbon compounds from the primary feed steam with the vaporized co-feed steam upward through the catalyst bed wherein sulfur hydrocarbon compounds of both the primary feed steam and co-feed stream are at least partially converted to hydrogen sulfide and hydrocarbons in the catalyst bed; removing the co-feed stream and vaporized portion of the primary feed stream, less at least some sulfur hydrocarbon compounds, through the vapor outlet; and removing the primary feed stream through the bottoms outlet.