US20100000154A1 - Method for separating sulphur out of a gas that contains sulphur - Google Patents

Method for separating sulphur out of a gas that contains sulphur Download PDF

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US20100000154A1
US20100000154A1 US12/480,217 US48021709A US2010000154A1 US 20100000154 A1 US20100000154 A1 US 20100000154A1 US 48021709 A US48021709 A US 48021709A US 2010000154 A1 US2010000154 A1 US 2010000154A1
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Robert Adler
Markus Mayer
Ekkehardt KLEIN
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
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    • C10L3/06—Natural gas; Synthetic natural gas obtained by processes not covered by C10G, C10K3/02 or C10K3/04
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    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01D53/00—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols
    • B01D53/14—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols by absorption
    • B01D53/1487—Removing organic compounds
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D53/00—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols
    • B01D53/14—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols by absorption
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    • C01B—NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B3/00—Hydrogen; Gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen; Separation of hydrogen from mixtures containing it; Purification of hydrogen
    • C01B3/50—Separation of hydrogen or hydrogen containing gases from gaseous mixtures, e.g. purification
    • C01B3/56—Separation of hydrogen or hydrogen containing gases from gaseous mixtures, e.g. purification by contacting with solids; Regeneration of used solids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D2256/00—Main component in the product gas stream after treatment
    • B01D2256/16—Hydrogen
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D2256/00—Main component in the product gas stream after treatment
    • B01D2256/24—Hydrocarbons
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D2257/00—Components to be removed
    • B01D2257/30—Sulfur compounds
    • B01D2257/306—Organic sulfur compounds, e.g. mercaptans

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  • the invention relates to a method for separating sulphur out of a gas that contains sulphur, particularly hydrogen or natural gas, wherein the gas is compressed and the sulphur is removed via an absorptive separation process.
  • Species-related methods for separating sulphur from a gas containing sulphur are used for example at natural gas filling stations.
  • the natural gas for use as fuel is drawn from the existing natural gas supply network, dried, and compressed to a storage pressure that may reach 300 bar.
  • the sulphur content in the natural gas that is drawn from the supply network is usually too high to be processed effectively with today's engine and exhaust gas cleaning technology.
  • the catalytic converters needed for subsequent cleaning of the exhaust gas are damaged by the sulphur that is currently included in the natural gas, with the result that they cease to function properly before the end of their specified service lives.
  • TAT tetrahydrothiophene
  • mercaptan sulphur tetrahydrothiophene
  • the sulphur content in natural gas must not fall below a prescribed fraction.
  • the absorber materials that are suitable for removing sulphur must usually be at an operating temperature from 40 to 80° C. These temperatures are generally assured by explosion-proof electric heaters allocated to the absorbers.
  • the object of the present invention is to suggest a species-related method for separating sulphur out of a gas that contains sulphur, particularly hydrogen or natural gas, which avoids the problems described above and particularly enables use of an additional heating device for the absorptive separating process to be dispensed with.
  • a species-related method for separating sulphur out of a gas that contains sulphur is suggested that is characterized in that the sulphur-containing gas is compressed, or at least precompressed, before it is introduced into the absorptive separation process.
  • the sulphur-containing gas is preferably compressed before its introduction into the absorptive separation process to at least such a degree that the compression heat generated thereby enables the absorber material or materials used in the absorptive separation process to be heated to the requisite temperature. As a consequence, it is no longer necessary to use additional heating devices for the absorptive separation process.
  • the FIGURE illustrates an absorption process A for the selective removal of sulphur.
  • a gas that contains sulphur is introduced into this process via line segments 1 , 2 and 3 .
  • this gas is natural gas drawn from the public natural gas supply network.
  • the sulphur-containing gas is compressed by a single- or two-stage compressor or a single- or multistage compressor unit V 1 such that the heat of compression generated by the process is sufficient to heat the absorber material or materials used in absorptive separation process A to the temperature required for the process. Additional heating devices for heating the absorber material or materials to the requisite temperature are not required.
  • the natural gas containing the sulphur is compressed in the compressor or compressor unit V 1 to a pressure between 10 and 30 bar, preferably between 15 and 25 bar.
  • Heat exchanger E which may be provided optionally, is used to cool the natural gas that has been compressed, and thus also heated in the compressor or compressor unit V 1 , to an optimal temperature for the purposes of selectivity of the absorber material or materials used in downstream absorptive separation process A.
  • absorptive separation process A includes an absorption column preferably having a capacity of 50 l.
  • a drying material is preferably provided in absorption column A as well. In general, this drying material may be located upstream and/or downstream from the absorption material that is used to separate the sulphur.
  • Bypass line 5 is preferably equipped with a control valve 6 and may be used for diverting a partial flow of the sulphur-containing (natural) gas around absorptive separation process A. In this way, it is possible to vary the quantity of gas that passes through absorptive separation process A. The degree of sulphur reduction in the gas that contains the sulphur may thus be regulated or varied according to requirements
  • absorptive separation process A may be modified in such manner that other, preferably undesirable components besides sulphur are removed from the sulphur-containing gas as well.
  • the cleaned gas then passes through line segments 4 and 7 to a second single- or multistage compressor or a second single- or multistage compressor unit V 2 , in either of which it may optionally be compressed to desired final pressure.
  • the compressed gas is then forwarded through line 8 for subsequent use, for example intermediate storage.
  • the method according to the invention for separating sulphur out of a gas that contains sulphur is able to be used for an extremely wide range of gases and gas mixtures in which at least some of the sulphur contained is to be removed by absorption.

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