Deep Desulfurization of Diesel Fuels by a Novel Integrated Approach. Final Technical Progress Report for the Period September 1, 2000 - January 31, 2004.

Ma, X. ; Turaga, U. ; Watanabe, S. ; Velu, S. ; Song, C.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Diesel fuels;    Desulfurization;    Adsorption;    Adsorbents;    Design;   

RP-ID  :  DE2004833631

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The overall objective of this project is to explore a new desulfurization system concept, which consists of efficient separation of the refractory sulfur compounds from diesel fuel by selective adsorption, and effective hydrodesulfurization of the concentrated fraction of the refractory sulfur compounds in diesel fuels. Our approaches focused on (1) selecting and developing new adsorbents for selective adsorption of sulfur or sulfur compounds in commercial diesel fuel; (2) conducting the adsorption desulfurization of model fuels and real diesel fuels by the selective-adsorption- for-removing-sulfur (PSUSARS) process over various developed adsorbents, and examining the adsorptive desulfurization performance of various adsorbents; (3) developing and evaluating the regeneration methods for various spent adsorbent; (4) developing new catalysts for hydrodesulfurization of the refractory sulfur existing in the commercial diesel fuel; (5) on the basis of the fundamental understanding of the adsorptive performance andregeneration natures of the adsorbents, further confirming and improvingthe conceptual design of the novel PSU-SARS process for deep desulfurization of diesel fuel.