US Patent Issued on March 25 for "Continuous desulfurization process based on metal oxide-based regenerable sorbents" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,527, issued on March 25.

"Continuous desulfurization process based on metal oxide-based regenerable sorbents" was invented by Raghubir Prasad Gupta (Durham, N.C.) and Brian Scott Turk (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous desulfurization process and process system are described for removal of reduced sulfur species at gas stream concentrations in a range of from about 5 to about 5000 ppmv, using fixed beds containing regenerable sorbents, and for regeneration of such regenerable sorbents. The desulfurization removes the reduced sulfur species of hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl sulfide, carbon disulfide, and/or thiols ...