Microwave-assisted catalytic oxidative desulfurization of gasoil fuel using synthesized CuO-ZnO nanocomposites

Fadhil Mustafa H.; Ammar Saad H.; Abdul Jabbar Marwa F.

Volume 47 Issue 9

Sep. 2019

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Fadhil Mustafa H., Ammar Saad H., Abdul Jabbar Marwa F.. Microwave-assisted catalytic oxidative desulfurization of gasoil fuel using synthesized CuO-ZnO nanocomposites[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2019, 47(9): 1075-1082.

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Fadhil Mustafa H., Ammar Saad H., Abdul Jabbar Marwa F.. Microwave-assisted catalytic oxidative desulfurization of gasoil fuel using synthesized CuO-ZnO nanocomposites[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2019, 47(9): 1075-1082.

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Fadhil Mustafa H., Ammar Saad H., Abdul Jabbar Marwa F.. Microwave-assisted catalytic oxidative desulfurization of gasoil fuel using synthesized CuO-ZnO nanocomposites[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2019, 47(9): 1075-1082.

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Microwave-assisted catalytic oxidative desulfurization of gasoil fuel using synthesized CuO-ZnO nanocomposites

Chemical Engineering Department, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

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Corresponding author: Saad H. Ammar, E-mail: drsaadchemwork@eng.nahrainuniv.edu.iq
Received Date: 2019-05-21
Rev Recd Date: 2019-07-20

Available Online: 2021-01-23

Publish Date: 2019-09-10

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Recently, organosulfur removal from liquid petroleum fuels is very significant aspect of environment protecting and fuel cell requests. Therefore, improved approaches to remove sulfur are still essential. In the present work, a simple catalytic oxidative desulfurization (CODS) system for Iraqi gasoil fraction has been successfully developed using CuO-ZnO nanocomposites as catalysts, and H₂O₂ as oxidant under microwave irradiation. The main reaction parameters influencing sulfur conversion including microwave power, irradiation time, catalyst dosage and H₂O₂ to gasoil volume ratio have been investigated. The CuO-ZnO nanocomposites was synthesized with different weight ratios and characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, AFM and BET surface area methods. The results reveal that, high sulfur conversion (93%) has been achieved under suitable conditions of microwave CODS as follows:microwave power of 540 W, irradiation time of 15 min, catalyst dosage of 8 g/L (0.4 g), and H₂O₂:gasoil volume ratio of 0.3. The catalyst reusability shows that the synthesized catalyst can be reused five times without an important loss in its activity.
- microwave,
- oxidative desulfurization,
- nanocomposites,
- catalyst,
- gasoil

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