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How removing the sulfur in butane?

How removing the sulfur in butane?

How removing the sulfur in butane?

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Dear everyone

In my crude distillation plant, butane is rundown through the MEROX system which is for removing sulfur contents in butane to pass the caustic extractor to make disulfide from hydrogen sulfide, and this disulfide(RSSR) is removed to be separated from caustic flow. By the way, if there is mono-sulfide(RSR) in crude oil originally , RSR is remained in butane finally because it is not to be reacted in that MEROX system, so it might be problem on the regulation of sulfur standard in butane. Could you let me know a way to remove sulfur contents of 40 ~ 80 ppm in butane?     

Regards.

RE: How removing the sulfur in butane?

Hydro-treating or Molesieves.  Merichem I think has come up with some ways to lower the sulphur in Butanes in MEROX type systems.

RE: How removing the sulfur in butane?

There are also a variety of solid absorbents that can be used in that ppm range with fixed bed absorbers. Sulfatreat, Johnson Matthey, Unicat, etc.. have options. The flow rate and ppm are the determiner in any case on what type of system is the most economical.

RE: How removing the sulfur in butane?

i don't know about the others, but the sulfatrat and clones won't get there.  If the say they can, I'd like to see the data.

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