Joseph C. Guffy - El Cerrito CA Robert A. Winkler - Berkeley CA Marvin H. Paulson - El Cerrito CA
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company - San Francisco CA
International Classification:
B01D 5334
US Classification:
423232
Abstract:
In the absorption of an acid gas by an aqueous alkaline solution under gas-liquid absorption conditions, undesirable foaming is reduced by contacting the aqueous solution in a separate contact zone with a hydrocarbon solvent containing an effective amount of an extraction adjuvant.