Several organosulfur compounds are present in the crude oil, and are required to be removed before its processing into transport fuel. For this reason, biodesulfurization of thiophenic compounds has been studied extensively. However, studies on the sulfide compounds are scarce. In this paper, we describe desulfurization of a model sulfidic compound, dibenzyl sulfide (DBS) by an isolated Gordoni...

Inexpensive and low-viscosity Protic Acidic Ionic Liquids (PAILs) of N-metheyl-2-pyrrolidone formate, acetate, and propionate abbreviated as [Hnmp][HCOO], [Hnmp][CH3COO] and [Hnmp][CH3CH2COO] respectively, were prepared and characterized by FT-IR and H-NMR. Deep oxidative and extractive desulfurization of a simulated oil and a real diesel containing 1000 ppm...

1. Introduction Porous solids with bimodal pore structures are widely used as catalyst supports. Examples are formed bodies, such as tablets, beads, extrudates, and monoliths, of molecular sieves, silica and alumina. The formed bodies are prepared usually by compacting fine micro-or mesoporous particles [1]. As a result, macropores are formed between the agglomerated particles. Recently, cataly...

The removal of sulfur compounds from petroleum is extremely necessary for industrial and environmental reasons. Sulfur in transportation fuels is a major air pollution source. In this work, the efficiency of nanostructured Ni-clinoptilolite adsorbent was investigated in the removal of sulfur from gas oil. For this purpose, the design of experiments was performed by selecting effective factors i...

AgAl2O3 nanocomposite were synthesized by solution combustion Technique using ammonium carbonate as a new fuel under simultaneous combustion of alumina and silver particles condition. Samples prepared with different amount of silver, were characterized by XRD, BET, SEM and optical Absorption measurements. XRD analysis was used to determine the change in phase and size of the synthesized n...