Modeling of dibenzothiophene oxidative desulfurization using response surface methodology

Autor: Dunja Margeta, Fabio Faraguna, Ante Jukić, Katica Sertić Bionda
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Petroleum Science and Technology. 36:68-74
ISSN: 1532-2459
1091-6466
DOI: 10.1080/10916466.2017.1403455
Popis: The effect of reaction temperature, mixing speed and oxidant to catalyst volume ratio, including their interactions on the oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene by using response surface methodology was studied. Hydrogen peroxide was used as oxidant and acetic acid as catalyst. The obtained model accurately predicts conversion of dibenzothiophene and the best conversion of 98.7% was observed at temperature 70°C, mixing speed of 1250 rpm and oxidant to catalyst volume ratio of 1:1. At high temperatures, a major limitation of the desulfurization process is the mass transfer and the high mixing speed is needed to achieve an efficient process.
Databáze: OpenAIRE