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Desulfurization of Diesel by Selective Adsorption of Sulfur Compounds over Zeolite and Activated Carbon  

Park, Jung Geun (Separation Process Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Ko, Chang Hyun (Separation Process Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Bhandari, Vinay M. (Separation Process Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Lee, Yongtaek (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Jong-Nam (Separation Process Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.43, no.5, 2005 , pp. 588-594 More about this Journal
Abstract
We have investigated Y zeolite and activated carbon for an adsorptive desulfurization of diesel. In batch experiments, cation ($Cu^{2+}$, $Ni^{2+}$) exchanged Y zeolites showed high equilibrium adsorption capacity for sulfur compounds in model diesel, which contained BT, DBT and 4,6-DMDBT of each 50 ppmw in n-octane. But the cation exchanged Y zeolites lost its capacity in commercial diesel (186 ppmw). On the other hand, activated carbon showed reasonable adsorption capacity for sulfur compounds in both model and commercial diesel. The adsorption capacity of sulfur on Ni-Y zeolite was decreased with the increase of benzene concentration in model diesel but the sorption capacity on activated carbon was insensitive to aromatic concentration. In breakthrough test, activated carbon of 1 g could treat 15 ml of commercial diesel with 186 ppmw sulfur. Toluene showed good solvent for regenerating activated carbon among several solvents.
Keywords
Desulfurization; Diesel; Y Zeolite; Adsorption; Activated Carbon;
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