Using of Ultrasound Waves to Desulphurization of Commercial Kirkuk Diesel

Authors

  • Sarah Saad Mohammed Jawad, ZainabAbdulmaged Khalaf, Sahar Adnan Ahmed

Abstract

The current study was aimed to using the ultrasound waves to desulphurization of
commercial Kirkuk diesel. Oxidant agents in this study include Hydrogen peroxide
and acetic acid, activated carbon used as solid adsorbent and ultrasound waves as
phase dispersion. Desulphurization process reached to 80% for commercial Kirkuk
diesel at normal condition (pressure and temperature). The process of
desulphurization include convert the Sulphur compounds to sulfoxides /sulfones, to
facilitate the remove of this compounds by activated carbon. Hydrogen peroxide was
the most crucial factor. Chemical or physical properties of diesel did not affected after
using ultrasound waves. In this study, oxidation desulphurization by ultrasound waves
is the main mechanism was tested with several parameters that affects
desulphurization efficiency such as activated carbon (0.01-0.1) gm, hydrogen
peroxide (1-10) ml, and acetic acid (1-5) ml. the results show that the H2O2 lead to
desulphurization efficiency increases. The optimum amounts of oxidants are 4 ml
hydrogen peroxide per 100 ml of commercial diesel. The increased acid catalyst
amount leads to increased desulphurization. Activated carbon as a solid adsorbent and
reaction enhancer with 0.05gm weight was found as the optimum amount for 100 ml
commercial diesel. Optimum parameters lead to 80% of sulfur can be removed from
commercial diesel with 48.3 ppm Sulphur content

Published

2020-10-14

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