Project title
OilEcoDesulfur
Funding Program
Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation’s
DIDAKTOR (Post-Doctoral Researchers)
Funding code
POST-DOC/0916/0121
Start date
April 1, 2019
Expected Completion
2022-03-31
Description
Sulphur compounds in liquid fuel are undesirable and the level of these compounds in diesel fuel is strictly regulated in the last 15 years for the European Union. These stringent regulations are imposing an urgent requirement for fuel terminals to produce fuels having ultra low sulfur content. One of the technologies commonly used to tackle this problem is the hydrodesulphurization that requires high temperatures and pressures and the exposure of crude oil fractions under severe conditions decreases the value of the fuel.
A promising “Eco Technology” is to employ Biodesulfurization (BDS) which it is a process that bacteria (liquid phase) are mixed with oil at ambient temperature and pressure and remove selectively organosulfur from oil fractions without degrading the carbon skeleton of the compounds. This project’s aim is to develop BDS technology as a strategy to remove Sulphur from oil.
A promising “Eco Technology” is to employ Biodesulfurization (BDS) which it is a process that bacteria (liquid phase) are mixed with oil at ambient temperature and pressure and remove selectively organosulfur from oil fractions without degrading the carbon skeleton of the compounds. This project’s aim is to develop BDS technology as a strategy to remove Sulphur from oil.