DESULPHURIZATION OF LIQUID FUELS BY SELECTIVE ADSORPTION THROUGH MINERAL CLAYS AS ADSORBENTS

Adsorption behavior of petroleum asphaltenes dissolved in Toluene by low-cost mineral adsorbents

This paper presents the feasibility of the removal of asphaltenes from aqueous solutions by using low- cost natural adsorbents such as light expanded clay aggregate (LECA), perlite and bentonite. The structure of adsorbents was characterized by XRD, FTIR, and SEM before and after the adsorption of asphaltenes. The effect of the adsorbent type, initial asphaltene concentration, particle size of ...

Jerusalem artichoke as low-cost fructose-rich feedstock for fossil fuels desulphurization by a fructophilic bacterium.

AIMS Through biodesulphurization (BDS) is possible to remove the sulphur present in fossil fuels to carry out the very strict legislation. However, this biological process is limited by the cost of the culture medium, and thus, it is important to explore cheaper alternative carbon sources, such as Jerusalem artichoke (JA). These carbon sources usually contain sulphates which interfere with the ...

Selective Transport of Propylene by Silver Ion Complex Through an Immobilized Liquid Membrane

Mineral Commodity Report 20 - Clays

Clay, as a rock term, describes a soft, loose, earthy material containing particles with an average grain size of less than than 0.004 mm (4 mm) in the Wentworth grain size scale and less than 0.002 mm (2 mm) in most soil investigations. Clay is composed mostly of clay minerals, but may also contain quartz, feldspar, carbonates, ferruginous material, and other non-clay materials. All clays, apa...

Influence of Exchangeable Cations on Water Adsorption by Soil Clays

little is known about the molecular mechanisms of soil– water interactions underlying this behavior. A considerThe interaction of water with the clay fractions ( 2 m) from two able amount of work has been conducted on specimen midwestern soils was studied using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and gravimetric methods. The soil clay fractions were clay minerals and their interactio...