Selective removal of sulfur from diesel and jet fuels over regenerable multicomponent metal oxide sorbents for fuel cell applications

Fuxia Sun, Shingo Watanabe, Xiaoliang Ma, Chunshan Song

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Abstract

Oxidatively regenerable multi-component metal oxide adsorbents Ti-Ce-Al-O and Mo-Ti-Ce-Al-O were prepared and tested for removing sulfur from liquid hydrocarbon fuel. Liquid-phase adsorption of model diesel fuel and a real jet fuel JP-5 over these adsorbents was conducted at room temperature under atmospheric pressure in a fixed-bed flow system. The adsorptive capacity, selectivity and oxidative regenerability of the adsorbents were investigated. The adsorbents were characterized by XRD, BET and SEM methods and the results correlated with their adsorption performance. The results indicate that the multi-metal oxides, Ti-Ce-Al-O and Mo-Ti-Ce-Al-O, prefer to adsorb sulfur compounds rather than aromatics coexisting in the model fuel. These multi-metal oxides can be regenerated in air and have better oxidatively regenerable stability. The characterization results further indicate that the structure and performance of the multi-metal oxides can be mostly retained after regeneration in air.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication233rd ACS National Meeting, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
StatePublished - 2007
Event233rd ACS National Meeting - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Mar 25 2007Mar 29 2007

Publication series

NameACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
ISSN (Print)0065-7727

Other

Other233rd ACS National Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period3/25/073/29/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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