Chemical desulfurization of petroleum fractions for ultra-low sulfur fuels

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 536-544

  Ali, Mohammad Farhat ^a   Al Malki, Abdullah ^b   Ahmed, Shakil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Desulfurization; Diesel fuel; Sulfur species; Thiophenes dibenzothiophenes; Ultra low sulfur fuels

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACIDS; DESULFURIZATION; DIESEL FUELS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PHOTORESISTS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFURIC ACID; THIOPHENE;

AROMATIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; DE-SULFURIZATION PROCESS; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; DIESEL OIL; ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS; MOLE RATIOS; MULTI RINGS; NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS; OXIDATION PROCESS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PETROLEUM FRACTIONS; SULFUR-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENES/DIBENZOTHIOPHENES; ULTRA-LOW SULFUR FUELS;

SULFUR;

EID: 62649150652     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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