US 7,488,372 B2
Process for inhibiting deposition of solids from a gaseous stream
Joseph Broun Powell, Houston, Tex. (US); and Robert Earl Hammond, Houston, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Shell Oil Company, Houston, Tex. (US)
Filed on Feb. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/344,843.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/649642, filed on Feb. 03, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0189831 A1, Aug. 24, 2006
Int. Cl. B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/14 (2006.01); B01D 53/64 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 95—133  [95/258; 95/158; 95/266; 95/265; 95/257; 210/750; 568/456] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for inhibiting or preventing deposition of a solid material from a gaseous stream obtained from an aqueous mixture separated from a hydroformylation reaction mixture, comprising:
separating a volatile metal species from a gaseous stream obtained by at least partially degassing an aqueous mixture separated from a hydroformylation reaction mixture.