Non-catalytic desulfurization of model diesel using synthesized biodegradable ionic liquid

Author(s):  
Subhajit Kundu ◽  
Debarati Mitra
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2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Bilal Kazmi ◽  
Awan Zahoor ◽  
Hashmi Saud ◽  
Zafar Khan Ghouri

In this work we examined the industrial scale extraction process of ultra-low sulfur diesel with the help of simulation software ASPEN Plus®. This work focuses on the [Cnmim] [BF4] (imidazolium-based) ionic liquid and employed it in the extractive desulfurization of the dibenzothiophene (DBT) from the model diesel fuel under a very mild process condition. UNIFAC (uniquasi functional activity) was chosen as the thermodynamic method to model the ionic liquid on ASPEN Plus® and different physical and chemical properties were then taken from the literature to be incorporated in the simulation model. Different parametric analysis was studied for the removal of thiophene-based compounds from the model diesel. The results acquired shows the significance of imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) for the extraction of S-contents from the liquid fuels at an optimal process conditions of 40 ℃ and 2 bar pressure with the 2.8: 1 ratio of ionic liquid and model diesel which validates the experimental results obtained previously in the literature.


2018 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Karma Zuraiqi ◽  
Paul Nancarrow ◽  
Hussain Ahmed

The current desulfurization technology, hydrodesulfurization (HDS), is energy intensive, uses large quantities of hydrogen, and is ineffective at removing some sulfur compounds. Ionic liquids have been recently shown to perform well as extraction solvents for the removal of sulfur from diesel. However, a major limitation towards their industrial use is the low mass transfer rates that result from their relatively high viscosities. This study investigates the use of ultrasound to overcome this problem. The ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim][CH3COO]), was used to desulfurize model diesel consisting of dibenzothiophene in hexadecane, in the absence and presence of ultrasound. It was found that sonification can greatly enhance the rate of mass transfer of DBT from diesel to the IL, resulting in a 57% sulfur removal for a 75% decrease in extraction time for batch studies, which results in a reduction in the number of equilibrium stages necessary for a continuous extraction process.


2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunan Wang ◽  
Pengcheng Li ◽  
Lingwan Hao ◽  
Changliang Deng ◽  
Wanzhong Ren ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 279 ◽  
pp. 220-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongying Lü ◽  
Shunan Wang ◽  
Changliang Deng ◽  
Wanzhong Ren ◽  
Baocun Guo

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (38) ◽  
pp. 13368-13374
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair Khan ◽  
Gul Hassan ◽  
Jinho Bae

This paper proposes a novel soft ionic liquid (IL) electrically functional device that displays resistive memory characteristics using poly(acrylic acid) partial sodium salt (PAA-Na+:H2O) solution gel and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in a thin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) cylindrical microchannel.


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