Catalytic Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel Fuels Using Air in a Two-Step Approach
Catalytic Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel Fuels Using Air in a Two-Step Approach
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DOI:
10.1021/ie403445f
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发表时间:
2014-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Ramanathan Sundararaman;C. Song
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作者:
Ramanathan Sundararaman;C. Song
This study presents a novel approach to fuel desulfurization in two steps where air is used as oxidant for the in situ generation of hydroperoxides from aromatics in diesel fuel and then the sulfur compounds are oxidized by the hydroperoxides to sulfones. Bulk and supported CuO based catalysts were examined for oxidation of surrogate and real diesel fuels for generation of hydroperoxides in situ using air. Among bulk CuO, CuO/Al2O3, CuO/SiO2, CuO/TiO2, and CuO-ZnO/Al2O3 tested, CuO/Al2O3 gave the highest conversion, but the highest yield and selectivity for hydroperoxide was obtained on bulk CuO catalyst for liquid phase air oxidation of isopropylbenzene. H2-Temperature programmed reduction (H2-TPR) revealed the presence of dispersed CuO phase on supported catalysts with bulk CuO as the dominant phase on the unsupported catalyst. Three real diesel fuels were tested for liquid phase air oxidation at 120 °C in the presence of bulk CuO catalyst which revealed different levels of hydroperoxides generation. Th...