Ionic liquids for the removal of sulfur and nitrogen compounds in fuels: a review

NE Paucar, P Kiggins, B Blad, K De Jesus… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Air pollution is partly due to the emission of toxic sulfur and nitrogen oxides during fuel
combustion. Therefore, these compounds should be removed from fuels. For that, ionic …

Uncovering the critical factors that enable extractive desulfurization of fuels in ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents from simulations

K Yue, O Acevedo - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
Environmental regulatory agencies have implemented stringent restrictions on the
permissible levels of sulfur compounds in fuel to reduce harmful emissions and improve air …

Deep catalytic oxidative desulfurization of fuels by novel Lewis acidic ionic liquids

J Wang, L Zhang, Y Sun, B Jiang, Y Chen… - Fuel processing …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, novel Lewis acidic ionic liquids [ODBU] Cl/nZnCl 2 (n= 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) with
alkylated 1, 8-diazabicyclo [5.4. 0] undec-7-ene (DBU) cation and ZnCl 2-based complex …

Simultaneous extraction of sulfur and nitrogen contents from fuel: Emphasizing the recent progress of the green solvents: A review

L Zarin, J Saien, F Jafari, F Ahmadi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
The catalytic hydro-dearomatization (HDA) procedure is generally used in industry to
remove aromatic compounds from fossil fuels. However, high energy consumption and …

Extraction and mechanism exploration for separating cresols from coal tar by ionic liquid ethanolamine lactate

X Bing, X Meng, A Li, L Zhang, J Gao, D Xu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Separation of cresols from coal tar is of significance in chemical industry. In this work, a high-
efficiency and green hydroxyl ammonium ionic liquid ethanolamine lactate ([HMEA] L) was …

Toward rational functionalization of ionic liquids for enhanced extractive desulfurization: computer-aided solvent design and molecular dynamics simulation

J Wang, Z Song, X Li, H Cheng, L Chen… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although functionalization is known as a promising way to notably improve the
performances of ionic liquids (ILs) in separation processes, studies thereon are mainly …

Performance of functionalized ionic liquid with double chemical sites for separating phenolic compounds: mechanism and liquid-liquid behavior studies

C Zhu, F Li, J Zhang, L Zhang, J Gao, Y Ma… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) are recognized as green solvents in separation field. Many studies have
found that the hydrogen bond between anions and solutes plays an important role during …

Separation of m-Cresol from Coal Tar Model Oil Using Propylamine-Based Ionic Liquids: Extraction and Interaction Mechanism Exploration

X Bing, Z Wang, F Wei, J Gao, D Xu, L Zhang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
m-Cresol is an important chemical material, which is mainly derived from low-temperature
coal tar. In this work, for separating m-cresol from coal tar model oil, two propylamine-based …

Carbohydrate-functionalized polythiophene biointerface: design, fabrication, characterization and application for protein analysis

K Qu, SM Kondengaden, J Li, X Wang, MD Sevilla… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, a general method for fabricating glycosylated conductive polymer (CP)
biointerface was demonstrated for a label-free electrochemical biosensor. A 3-(3 …

Computational Advances in Ionic-Liquid-Mediated Extractive Desulfurization of Fuel: A Minireview

R Wilson-Kovacs, O Acevedo - Energy & Fuels, 2024 - ACS Publications
Removing sulfur compounds from petroleum is essential in mitigating harmful emissions
linked to fuel combustion. Problematically, thiophenic compounds that are readily present in …