An ionic liquid process for mercury removal from natural gas

Mahpuzah Abai; Martin P. Atkins; Amiruddin Hassan; John D. Holbrey; Yongcheun Kuah; Peter Nockemann; Alexander A. Oliferenko; Natalia V. Plechkova; Syamzari Rafeen; Adam A. Rahman; Rafin Ramli; Shahidah M. Shariff; Kenneth R. Seddon; Geetha Srinivasan; Yiran Zou

doi:10.1039/c4dt03273j

An ionic liquid process for mercury removal from natural gas

Mahpuzah Abai, Martin P. Atkins, Amiruddin Hassan, John D. Holbrey, Yongcheun Kuah, Peter Nockemann, Alexander A. Oliferenko, Natalia V. Plechkova, Syamzari Rafeen, Adam A. Rahman, Rafin Ramli, Shahidah M. Shariff, Kenneth R. Seddon, Geetha Srinivasan, Yiran Zou

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Efficient scrubbing of mercury vapour from natural gas streams has been demonstrated both in the laboratory and on an industrial scale, using chlorocuprate(ii) ionic liquids impregnated on high surface area porous solid supports, resulting in the effective removal of mercury vapour from natural gas streams. This material has been commercialised for use within the petroleum gas production industry, and has currently been running continuously for three years on a natural gas plant in Malaysia. Here we report on the chemistry underlying this process, and demonstrate the transfer of this technology from gram to ton scale.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8617-8624
Number of pages	8
Journal	Dalton Transactions
Volume	44
Early online date	27 Feb 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt03273j
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Ionic Liquids, mercury capture, Hycapure-Hg

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Using Ionic Liquids to Manage Mercury in the Oil and Gas Industry
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Halometallate ionic liquids – revisited
Estager, J., Holbrey, J. D. & Swadźba-Kwaśny, M., 07 Feb 2014, In: Chemical Society Reviews. 43, 3, p. 847-886 40 p.
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Tailoring ionic liquid catalysts: structure, acidity and catalytic activity of protonic ionic liquids based on anionic clusters, [(HSO4)(H2SO4)x]− (x = 0, 1, or 2)
Matuszek, K., Chrobok, A., Coleman, F., Seddon, K. & Swadzba-Kwasny, M., 01 Jul 2014, In: Green Chemistry. 16, 7, p. 3463-3471
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Process for removing metals from hydrocarbons by using ionic liquids
Srinivasan, G. (Inventor), Seddon, K. (Inventor), Holbrey, J. (Inventor), Nockemann, P. (Inventor), Atkins, M. (Inventor), Abai, M. (Inventor), Kuah, Y. (Inventor) & Zou, Y. (Inventor), Apr 2012, IPC No. C10G 21/06 (2006.01), Patent No. WO 2012046057, US20170037323, 10138432, 9447335, US20140001100,
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An ionic liquid process for mercury removal from natural gas

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Halometallate ionic liquids – revisited

Tailoring ionic liquid catalysts: structure, acidity and catalytic activity of protonic ionic liquids based on anionic clusters, [(HSO4)(H2SO4)x]− (x = 0, 1, or 2)

Process for removing metals from hydrocarbons by using ionic liquids

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