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Transportation fuels: Desulfurizing diesel

Nature Energy volume 2, Article number: 17019 (2017) Cite this article

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Transportation fuels such as diesel contain organosulfur molecules that, when combusted, form sulfur oxides that are toxic and poison vehicles' catalytic convertors. Now, a method is demonstrated that can reduce the sulfur concentration of diesel fuel to very low levels at low temperatures and pressures.

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Figure 1: Desulfurization using the KOSi method.

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Lamonier, C. Transportation fuels: Desulfurizing diesel. Nat Energy 2, 17019 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2017.19

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