(19)
(11) EP 0 810 278 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/49

(21) Application number: 97102446.8

(22) Date of filing: 14.02.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6C10G 25/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE NL

(30) Priority: 30.05.1996 JP 158862/96

(71) Applicant: Taiyo Oil Co., Ltd.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ikushima, Kenji
    Yachiyo-City, Chiba-Ken (JP)
  • Nagai, Akihisa
    Imabari-shi, Ehime-ken (JP)
  • Fukuda, Kazuyuki
    Matsuyama-shi, Ehime-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte 
Grafinger Strasse 2
81671 München
81671 München (DE)

   


(54) Process for eliminating mercury from liquid hydrocarbons


(57) A process for continuously eliminating mercury and mercury compounds in liquid hydrocarbons for example, a natural gas condensate comprising: (a) bringing liquid hydrocarbons containing mercury and mercury compounds, as well as asphaltene into contact, in a first adsorption treatment zone, with a porous inorganic adsorbent which is at least one of materials selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, activated clay, alumina, silica gel, silica-alumina and zeolite, and then (b) bringing the liquid hydrocarbons from the adsorption treatment zone alter the adsorption treatment into contact, in a second adsorption treatment zone, with an activated carbon having a specific surface area from 200 m2/g to 2500 m2/g and an average pore diameter from 10 Å to 100 Å. Mercury and mercury compounds in liquid hydrocarbons containing a great amount of heavy ingredients such as asphaltene can be eliminated continuously for a long period of time.





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