PROCESS FOR RECOVERING HOMOGENEOUS METAL HYDRIDE CATALYSTS

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF HOMOGENEOUS METAL HYDRIDE CATALYST FROM REACTOR STREAM AS CATALYST SUITABLE FOR RECYCLE TO A REACTOR COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: REMOVING A STREAM FROM A REACTOR, SAID STREAM COMPRISING THE HOMOGENEOUS METAL HYDRIDE CATALYST; CONTACTING THE STREAM WITH A SOLID ACIDIC ABSORBENT UNDER PROCESS CONDITIONS WHICH ALLOW AT LEAST SOME OF THE METAL TO BECOME BOUND TO THE ABSORBENT; SUBJECTING THE METAL BOUND TO THE ABSORBENT, UNDER PROCESS CONDITIONS WHICH ALLOW DESORPTION OF THE METAL, TO A FLUID STRIPPING MEDIUM COMPRISING HYDROGEN AND SOLVENT; AND RECOVERING THE ACTIVE METAL HYDRIDE CATALYST.(FIG 1)