[01] Reza Honarmand, Department of Chemical Engineering, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Sirjan, Iran; Department of Chemical Engineering, Sirjan branch, Islamic Azad University, Sirjan, Iran. [02] Farshad Farahbod, Department of Chemical Engineering, Firoozabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad, Iran.

Desulphurization is a set of technologies used to remove sulphur compounds from sour. So, this process can called as environmental friendly. Application of nano cobalt oxide catalyst in propane sweetening is studied, in this work. Experiments are held to evaluate the operating and geometrical parameters in the adsorption process. The quality of process is defined as the ratio of final concentration of sulphuric compounds on the initial concentration of sulphuric compounds. Results show the optimum pressure and temperature for both type of spherical and cylinderical is 16 bar and 85 °C.

Optimum Conditions, Proposed Process, Sweetening, Gas, Catalyst

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