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Coordination Polymers and Polymer Nanofibers for Effective Adsorptive Desulfurization
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Author(s): Tendai O. Dembaremba (Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa), Adeniyi S. Ogunlaja (Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa)and Zenixole R. Tshentu (Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 67
Source title:
Nanocomposites for the Desulfurization of Fuels
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Tawfik Abdo Saleh (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2146-5.ch006
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Abstract
Desulfurization of fuel oils is an essential process employed in petroleum refineries to reduce the sulfur content to levels mandated for environmental protection. Hydrodesulfurization (HDS), which is currently being employed, is limited in treating refractory organosulfur compounds and only reduces the sulfur content in fuels to a range of 200-500 ppmS. In this chapter, several scientific and technological advances reported in the literature for the desulfurization of fuels are reviewed and discussed. Amongst these techniques, oxidative desulfurization (ODS) and adsorptive desulfurization (ADS) are proposed as additional steps to complement HDS in meeting the mandated ultra-low sulfur levels (10 ppmS). In the ODS technique, refractory organosulfur compounds are oxidized to organosulfones, followed by solvent extraction or adsorption of the organosulfones. The chemistry involved in the development and fabrication of sulfur/sulfone responsive adsorbents is also discussed. The use of molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs) and coordination polymers (CPs) for the selective adsorption of organosulfone compounds (in ODS) and/or organosulfur (in ADS) offers various properties such as imprinting effect, hydrogen bonding, π-π interactions, van der Waals forces, π-complexation, and electrostatic interactions. CPs, in particular metal organic frameworks (MOFs), have been reported to possess suitable features to overcome most of these challenges associated with adsorptive ultra-deep desulfurization when design strategies to achieve good selectivity are strictly followed. Matching the sizes of the cavities to the critical dimensions of the sulfur containing compounds (SCCs), using suitable metal centres which allow for coordinative interaction with the SCCs and using linkers with suitable functionality as to enhance specific interaction (dispersion forces) with the SCCs were considered to be pivotal features to prioritize. The prospects for the use of MIPs and CPs for future industrial applications in desulfurization are envisaged.
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