US4185079A
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Removal of phosphine contaminant from carbon monoxide gas mixtures
Assignee: FMC Corp
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Filing: 1978-06-08
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Granted: 1980-01-22
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Expires: 1998-06-08
Abstract
Abstract A method for removing small concentrations of phosphine contained in a carbon monoxide gas mixture by preferentially oxidizing the phosphine, in which the phosphine is oxidized with air at a temperature of from 500° C. to 800° C. to form phosphorus pentoxide, which is recovered from the gas mixture preferably as phosphoric acid.
Inventors
- 👤 Theodore F. Munday
- 👤 David Goldstein
- 👤 John Walden
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 19:04
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10K; C10K1/00; C10K1/34; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/46; B01D53/68; C01; C01B; C01B25/00; C01B25/12; C01B25/16; C01B25/18; C01B25/20; C10K1/08; C10K1/10; C10K1/101; C10K1/102
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A method for preferentially removing phosphine from off-gas generated in the electric furnace production of elemental phosphorus, which off-gas is a gas mixture essentially free of elemental phosphorus and containing at least 85% by volume carbon monoxide and containing phosphine in an amount less than 1% by volume which comprises: (a) preheating the carbon monoxide gas mixture to a temperature of about 500° C.; (b) introducing an amount of oxygen into the gas mixture sufficient to oxidize the phosphine to phosphorus pentoxide; (c) maintaining the gas mixture in a reaction zone at a temperature of from about 500° C. to about 800° C. for a period of time sufficient to oxidize the phosphine to phosphorus pentoxide without substantial concurrent oxidation of the carbon monoxide; and (d) recovering the entrained phosphorus pentoxide reaction product from the gas mixture.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
137 words
A method for preferentially removing phosphine from off-gas generated in the electric furnace production of elemental phosphorus, which off-gas is a gas mixture essentially free of elemental phosphorus and containing at least 85% by volume carbon monoxide and containing phosphine in an amount less than 1% by volume which comprises: (a) preheating the carbon monoxide gas mixture to a temperature of about 500° C.; (b) introducing an amount of oxygen into the gas mixture sufficient to oxidize the phosphine to phosphorus pentoxide; (c) maintaining the gas mixture in a reaction zone at a temperature of from about 500° C. to about 800° C. for a period of time sufficient to oxidize the phosphine to phosphorus pentoxide without substantial concurrent oxidation of the carbon monoxide; and (d) recovering the entrained phosphorus pentoxide reaction product from the gas mixture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the gas mixture contains from about 90 to 92% by volume carbon monoxide and less than 0.3% by volume phosphine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 which further comprises preheating the oxygen introduced into the carbon monoxide gas mixture to a temperature of about 500° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the gas mixture is maintained in the reaction zone at a temperature between 500° to 600° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the gas mixture is maintained in the reaction zone for at least one second up to 30 seconds.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the reaction zone is bounded by a surface formed of austenitic stainless steel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the phosphorus pentoxide is recovered by scrubbing the gas mixture with an aqueous solution selected from the group consisting of water and phosphoric acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the oxygen is supplied as air having the requisite oxygen content.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
36 words
The method of claims 1 or 8 wherein the amount of oxygen introduced into the carbon monoxide gas mixture is up to twice the stoichiometric amount of oxygen required to oxidize the phosphine to phosphorus pentoxide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 1 which further comprises burning a portion of the phosphine-free carbon monoxide gas mixture, produced according to the method of claim 1, with stoichiometric air to provide the heat necessary for preheating the gas mixture in step (a).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 or 10 which further comprises burning a portion of the phosphine-free carbon monoxide gas mixture, produced according to the method of claim 1, with stoichiometric air to provide the heat necessary for maintaining the gas mixture at the desired reaction temperature.
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