A Novel Approach to Catalytic Desulfurization of Coal.

Technical Report · Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:600541

Verkade, J G

A gas chromatographic method has been developed for the quantitation of sulfur removed from coal as tributyl phosphine sulfide (SPBu{sub 3}). This method also works very well for speciating and quantitating the products of sulfur removal from organosulfur removal from organosulfur compounds such as dibenzothiophene. Remarkably mild conditions have been discovered for quantitative sulfur removal from dibenzothiophene and other organosulfur systems using relatively cheap elemental sodium.

• Research Organization: Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, IA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-95PC95208
• OSTI ID: 600541
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/95208-T3; ON: DE98051710
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 31 Mar 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL
DESULFURIZATION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
SULFUR
REMOVAL
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
CATALYSIS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
PROGRESS REPORT