Patent ID: 7935248

Claim:
A process for adsorption of organosulfur and organonitrogen in a hydrocarbon containing feed stream comprising the steps of: a) mixing a phosphate solution with a sol gel of at least one transition metal oxide, in which a transition metal of the transition metal oxide is selected from the groups IIIB through IB of the periodic table; b) drying the mixture at a temperature in a range from about 120° C. to about 200° C., calcining the dried powder at a temperature in a range from about 400° C. to about 650° C., to produce a calcined powder of a mixed metal phosphate; c) applying a suitable reduction process to the calcined powder wherein the metal phosphates are converted into their corresponding metal phosphides, exposing the metal phosphides to an inert gas to produce a metal phosphide adsorbent composition; and d) flowing the hydrocarbon containing feed stream through a column containing the metal phosphide adsorbent composition, without exposure to air or oxygen, at ambient pressure and temperature for selective adsorptive removal of organonitrogen and organosulfur present in the liquid hydrocarbon containing feed stream to produce a hydrocarbon containing stream having reduced levels of organosulfur and organonitrogen.