Extraction Coupled Oxidative Desulfurization of Fuels to Sulfate and Water-Soluble Sulfur Compounds Using Polyoxometalate Catalysts and Molecular Oxygen

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Bertleff, Benjamin ; Claußnitzer, Johannes ; Korth, Wolfgang ; Wasserscheid, Peter ; Jess, Andreas ; Albert, Jakob:
Extraction Coupled Oxidative Desulfurization of Fuels to Sulfate and Water-Soluble Sulfur Compounds Using Polyoxometalate Catalysts and Molecular Oxygen.
In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Vol. 5 (2017) Issue 5 . - pp. 4110-4118.
ISSN 2168-0485
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00087

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Our contribution demonstrates a new way of fuel desulfurization, namely selective oxidation of organic S-compounds present in fuels to water-soluble sulfur compounds followed by in situ extraction of the latter into an aqueous phase. Different from common oxidative desulfurization (ODS) processes, we demonstrate a technique that converts sulfur compounds in fuel to a large extent to sulfate (60–70%) using oxygen as the oxidant and an aqueous H8PV5Mo7O40 (HPA-5) solution as the catalyst phase. Other water-soluble desulfurization products are sulfoacetic acid (SAA) with a share of 10–20%, 2-sulfobenzoic acid (2-SBA), and 2-(sulfooxy)benzoic acid (2-SOBA), the latter two with a share of <10%. The new desulfurization method has been optimized for removing benzothiophene from isooctane, giving the best results with a degree of desulfurization of 99% applying 120 °C, 20 bar oxygen pressure, and 1000 rpm of 6 h reaction time using a volume water/oil ration of 10/1. Furthermore, we also successfully demonstrated the desulfurization of a domestic fuel oil with 973 ppmw sulfur content with a degree of desulfurization of 28% under nonoptimized conditions.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Institutions of the University:	Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Chemical Engineering Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Chemical Engineering > Chair Chemical Engineering - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Jess Research Institutions > Research Units > ZET - Zentrum für Energietechnik Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Units
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	500 Science > 540 Chemistry 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 600 Technology 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 660 Chemical engineering
Date Deposited:	09 May 2017 08:52
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2019 09:01
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/37081