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We are looking for a simple static bed packed with some adsorbants to remove minor impurities of Mercaptons and Ammonia from an LPG stream. We can use a water trickling Absorber for NH3 removal as suggested by Eric. But we need a similar simple solution like a Sulphur Trap for Mercaptons. One Chinese company claims to have a packed Adsorber.
 
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26/05/2011 A: Egbert van Hoorn, Hocon B V, Egbertvh@hotmail.com
Ammonia is best removed by water washing.
However it is difficult to understand why NH3 would still be present after an amine, which is likely present.
Mercaptan removal is difficult. There indeed some solid beds which can remove mercaptans.