Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Process For The Treatment Of A Tail Gas Stream' Filed by Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B. V.

MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647041723 A) filed by Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B. V., Hague, Netherlands, on April 1, for 'process for the treatment of a tail gas stream.'

Inventor(s) include Krueger, Karl Marvin; Wijnbelt, Johannes; and Huffmaster, Michael Arthur.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process for the treatment of a tail gas stream comprising one or more sulfur compounds and/or carbon monoxide in the presence of water and hydrogen, under hydrolysis conditions, in a reactor system comprising one or more reactors, wherein said process takes place in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a first catalyst composition and a second catalyst composition, wherein the first catalyst composition and the second catalyst composition each comprise a cobalt compound and/or a nickel compound in combination with a molybdenum compound and an inorganic oxide selected from alumina and/or titania and the first catalyst composition has a higher activity for the removal of carbon monoxide and/or a higher activity for the removal of carbonyl sulfide (COS) and/or a higher activity for the removal of carbon disulfide (CS2) from a tail gas stream relative to the second catalyst composition under the same conditions, and wherein the first and second catalyst compositions are arranged such that at least some of the first catalyst composition is situated upstream of the second catalyst composition in the reactor system."

The patent application was internationally filed on Aug. 27, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/073883.

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