Patent ID: 8257673

Claim:
A process for removing sulfur from more than one fuel gas stream, wherein said process comprises: providing an elongated reactor vessel having a length and containing a bed of a hydrodesulfurization catalyst; introducing a less reactive fuel gas stream at a first introduction point into said elongated reactor vessel, wherein said less reactive fuel gas stream is contacted with said hydrodesulfurization catalyst under hydrodesulfurization process conditions; introducing a more reactive fuel gas stream at a second introduction point into said elongated reactor vessel at a location along said length of said elongated reactor vessel that is below said first introduction point; and yielding from said elongated reactor vessel a reactor effluent containing H 2 S, wherein said less reactive fuel gas stream includes a minor light olefin concentration and a first organic sulfur concentration, and wherein said more reactive fuel gas stream includes a major light olefin concentration and a second organic sulfur concentration, and wherein said minor light olefin concentration is less than said major light olefin concentration.