Analysis and relevance of catalytic processes to remove sulfur from fossil fuels

Nowadays processes to remove pollutants such as sulfur have become very important by the environmental regulations imposed. Therefore, the presence of sulfur as natural component on the crude oil formation is commented in this work. The main reasons to remove sulfur of the crude oil fractions were d...

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Autores: Álvarez-Amparán, Marco Antonio, Cedeño-Caero, Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Mundo Nano. Revista Interdisciplinaria en Nanociencias y Nanotecnología
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/69633
Acceso en línea:https://www.mundonano.unam.mx/ojs/index.php/nano/article/view/69633
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:sulfur
fossil fuels
desulfurization of fuels
desulfurization technologies
azufre
combustibles fósiles
desulfuración de combustibles
tecnologías de desulfuración
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Sumario:Nowadays processes to remove pollutants such as sulfur have become very important by the environmental regulations imposed. Therefore, the presence of sulfur as natural component on the crude oil formation is commented in this work. The main reasons to remove sulfur of the crude oil fractions were discussed. The refining process and conventional technology to remove sulfur from the crude oil fractions were explained. Complementary or alternative technologies to remove sulfur to reach international regulations were analyzed. Finally, future expectations about the use of fossil and non-fossil fuels were discussed.