A method and apparatus for continuously treating acid gases including recovering absorbent chemicals by introducing streams leaving a regenerator and/or leaving an absorber into a static mixing zone wherein supplemental washing water is added to recover absorbent chemicals. Improvements to the prior art methods are provided where one or more absorbent chemical recovery units are included to increase the amount of recovered absorbent chemicals exiting the regenerator and/or exiting the absorber are increased and/or maximized. Absorbent chemical recovery units can include mixing units where liquid is added to the stream of sour gas and absorbent chemical to mix with and absorb the absorbent chemical from the stream.

A method and apparatus for continuously treating acid gases including recovering absorbent chemicals by introducing streams leaving a regenerator and/or leaving an absorber into a static mixing zone wherein supplemental washing water is added to recover absorbent chemicals. Improvements to the prior art methods are provided where one or more absorbent chemical recovery units are included to increase the amount of recovered absorbent chemicals exiting the regenerator and/or exiting the absorber are increased and/or maximized. Absorbent chemical recovery units can include mixing units where liquid is added to the stream of sour gas and absorbent chemical to mix with and absorb the absorbent chemical from the stream.

The invention relates to a method for purifying a pyrolysis oil originating from the pyrolysis of waste including plastics by liquid/liquid extraction. This extraction is performed by means of a polar solvent that is immiscible with pyrolysis oil, for which a recovery rate is obtained greater than or equal to 0.95, this recovery rate being defined as the ratio of the extract volume over the initial volume of solvent, this extract being a phase containing the solvent which is immiscible with pyrolysis oil, recovered after agitation then decantation of a mixture of one part by volume of solvent with twenty-five parts by volume of pyrolysis oil at atmospheric pressure and at a temperature of 20 C.

The invention relates to a method for purifying a pyrolysis oil originating from the pyrolysis of waste including plastics by liquid/liquid extraction. This extraction is performed by means of a polar solvent that is immiscible with pyrolysis oil, for which a recovery rate is obtained greater than or equal to 0.95, this recovery rate being defined as the ratio of the extract volume over the initial volume of solvent, this extract being a phase containing the solvent which is immiscible with pyrolysis oil, recovered after agitation then decantation of a mixture of one part by volume of solvent with twenty-five parts by volume of pyrolysis oil at atmospheric pressure and at a temperature of 20 C.

The present technology provides a process that includes heating a first mixture of elemental sulfur and particles comprising an alkali metal sulfide in a liquid hydrocarbon to a temperature of at least 150 C., to provide a sulfur-treated mixture comprising agglomerated particles; and separating the agglomerated particles from the sulfur-treated mixture to provide a desulfurized liquid hydrocarbon and separated solids. This process may be used as part of a suite of processes for desulfurizing liquid hydrocarbons contaminated with organosulfur compounds and other heteroatom-based contaminants. The present technology further provides processes for converting carbon-rich solids (e.g., petroleum coke) into fuels.

The present technology provides a process that includes heating a first mixture of elemental sulfur and particles comprising an alkali metal sulfide in a liquid hydrocarbon to a temperature of at least 150 C., to provide a sulfur-treated mixture comprising agglomerated particles; and separating the agglomerated particles from the sulfur-treated mixture to provide a desulfurized liquid hydrocarbon and separated solids. This process may be used as part of a suite of processes for desulfurizing liquid hydrocarbons contaminated with organosulfur compounds and other heteroatom-based contaminants. The present technology further provides processes for converting carbon-rich solids (e.g., petroleum coke) into fuels.

System and method for reducing mutagen levels contained within a volume of petroleum aromatic extracts. The petroleum aromatic extracts are mixed with at least one solvent. This produces a mixture. Once mixed, some of the petroleum aromatic extracts dissolve. Others settle in the mixture. The petroleum aromatic extracts that have settled on the mixture are removed from the mixture and are ready for use. The mixture is heated to evaporate the solvent from the mixture. The evaporated solvent can be recaptured and reused. The residuum of the mixture contains petroleum aromatic extracts that can be partially recovered using traditional hydroprocessing techniques.

The present invention relates to a process and a device for the treatment and separation of aromatic compounds starting from a gasoline feedstock, comprising the following stages/units: selective hydrogenation (A) of the gasoline feedstock (1) in the presence of hydrogen (2) in order to produce a selective hydrogenation effluent (3); fractionation (B) of the selective hydrogenation effluent (3) in order to produce at least a C5? cut (4) containing compounds having 5 or less carbon atoms and a C6+ cut (5) containing compounds having at least 6 carbon atoms; hydrogenation (C) of the C6+ cut (5) in order to produce a hydrogenation effluent (6); extraction of the aromatics (D) from the hydrogenation effluent (6) in order to produce at least an aromatic stream (17) concentrated in aromatic compounds and a raffinate (10) concentrated in non-aromatic compounds, with respect to the composition of the hydrogenation effluent (6).

The present disclosure relates to processes for the removal of paraffins. The processes generally include providing a C.sub.4 containing stream including isobutylene, 1-butene, 2-butene, n-butane and isobutane, introducing the C.sub.4 containing stream into a paraffin removal process to form an olefin rich stream, wherein the paraffin removal process is selected from extractive distillation utilizing a solvent including an organonitrile, passing the C.sub.4 containing stream over a semi-permeable membrane and combinations thereof; and recovering the olefin rich stream from the paraffin removal process, wherein the olefin rich stream includes less than 5 wt. % paraffins.

The present disclosure relates to processes for the removal of paraffins. The processes generally include providing a C.sub.4 containing stream including isobutylene, 1-butene, 2-butene, n-butane and isobutane, introducing the C.sub.4 containing stream into a paraffin removal process to form an olefin rich stream, wherein the paraffin removal process is selected from extractive distillation utilizing a solvent including an organonitrile, passing the C.sub.4 containing stream over a semi-permeable membrane and combinations thereof; and recovering the olefin rich stream from the paraffin removal process, wherein the olefin rich stream includes less than 5 wt. % paraffins.