Sulfur Removal from Hydrocarbon Streams

Dear Colleagues,

Sulfur removal from hydrocarbon fuels (natural gas, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels) is essential for maintaining a clean environment and for ensuring healthy living. For this reason, strict regulations have been by issued by federal agencies, which limit the sulfur content in fuels to very low levels. Furthermore, fuel cell operations require sulfur levels to be close to zero. Up to date hydrodesulfurization (HDS) has been the state-of-the-art process for sulfur reduction in fuels. The main drawback of HDS is the high energy and cost demand. Thus, the scentific community is still working on the development of novel HDS catalysts, as well as other alretnative options or technologies in order to reduce the energy requirements of this process. Alternative technologies, such as oxidative desulfurization, biodesulfurization, and adsorptive desulfurization, have been widely studied over the last decades, with remarkable results. This Special Issue of Sustainability invites articles focused on research on the sulfur removal from hydrocarbon fuels. Novelties on HDS catalysts and process, as well as progress on alternative desulfurization technologies are encouraged.  

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• Adsorptive sulfur reduction
• Oxidative desulfurization
• Biodesulfurization
• Hydrodesulfurization
• Thiophenes