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| This study investigates catalytic adsorptive desulfurization (CADS) of model diesel fuel using TiO2/SBA-15 under mild conditions. The TiO2/SBA-15 was prepared by a facile incipient wetness impregnation method and characterized by N2 adsorption and X-ray diffraction. The CADS referred to ADS performance were evaluated in a batch reactor. High desulfurization uptake of 12.7 mg/g was achieved at low sulfur concentration of 15 ppmw-S by TiO2/SBA-15 under CADS, which was two-magnitude higher than that under ADS without the in-situ catalytic oxidation of dibenzothiophene. Kinetic results suggested that the CADS equilibrium over TiO2/SBA-15 was reached fast in 0.5 h. In the CADS-TiO2/SBA-15 system, the TiO2 loading, cumene hydroperoxide/dibenzothiophene ratio and CADS temperature were optimized to be 10 wt.%, 2, and 35 C, respectively. Furthermore, desulfurization tests in 5 consecutive CADS-regeneration cycles suggested that the bi-functional TiO2/SBA-15 can be regenerated by acetonitrile washing followed with oxidative air treatment. The superior desulfurization uptake at low sulfur concentration range, fast adsorption kinetics, excellent regenerability, operation at mild conditions, and facile and low-cost adsorbent synthesis make the CADS-TiO2/SBA-15 system an effective and economic desulfurization approach for ultra-clean fuel production.. |
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| Keywords:catalytic adsorptive desulfurization (CADS); TiO2/SBA-15; ultra-clean fuel |
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