Open AccessDecreasing the Sulfur Content of Crude Oil by Ultra-Sound and Activated Carbon Assisted Oxidative Method
Author(s) -
Tahseen Hameed Khlaif,
Asaad Salim Bded
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/579/1/012012
Subject(s) - flue gas desulfurization , sulfur , activated carbon , refinery , chemistry , acetic acid , hydrogen peroxide , acid value , sonication , volume (thermodynamics) , pulp and paper industry , hydrogen sulfide , carbon fibers , waste management , organic chemistry , chromatography , materials science , biochemistry , composite material , engineering , quantum mechanics , composite number , physics , adsorption
There is a large amount of sulfur compound in crude oil, sulfur gases such us H2S for example are emitted and can affect the environment and finally can cause problems during the processing operation of crude oil. Therefore, in this study, a method for the removal of sulfur from crude oil using an ultrasound device has been proposed. This method is a combination of oxidative method and applying ultrasonic waves to achieve the allowable sulfur content in crude oil. Samples of crude oil have been taken that we got from an al-Najaf refinery to study the effect of three parameters (activated carbon weight, hydrogen peroxide volume, and acetic acid volume) at 50oC on the desulfurization process. the optimum result of desulfurization has been found to be (81.325%) at activated carbon amount of (9gm) with (H2O2/acetic acid)(40/30)ml.