Patent ID: 7338552

Claim:
Process for separating oil and volatile organic components from pressurized gases of a compression system having an oxidation-catalytic separation means (ETC) in which oxidation-catalytic separation of hydrocarbons and other oxidizable substances takes place, comprising the steps of: separating out large amounts of oil which are entrained in the pressurized gas flow by physical oil separation in which pressurized gases are directed from said compression system into an oil separation means located upstream of said oxidation-catalytic separation means (ETC) that separates and collects oil and volatile organic components from said pressurized gases, and injecting all of said collected oil as well as condensate of said collected volatile organic components back into said pressurized gases at a point downstream of said oil separation means but upstream of said oxidation-catalytic separation means (ETC) to prevent overtaxing of said oxidation-catalytic separation means (ETC).