Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

University of California

Alice Zunqing He

Huping Luo

William L Schinski

Daniel Chinn

Lin Li

Zhen Zhou

Shabbir Husain

Lyman Arnold Young

Graham J Forder

Bi-Zeng Zhan

Alexis T Bell

Berend Smit

Manju Sharma

A method for predicting selective performance of an adsorbent is disclosed. The adsorbent is selected from a list of metals and/or metal cations for use in removing contaminants as thiophene derivatives in hydrocarbon feed. The metals or metal cations are identified from a list having a positive value for E, wherein the metal or metal cation having the largest value for Eis the most selective adsorbent.

Method for predicting adsorbent performance

A crude oil which contains at least 0.1 wt % unstable sulfur compounds is treated in a reaction zone at low temperature to convert at least 50 wt % of the unstable sulfur compounds contained therein. The reaction and removal of sulfur from the crude may be facilitated by contacting the crude oil with a catalytic material in the presence of a stripping fluid.

Removing unstable sulfur compounds from crude oil

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San Rafael, CA, United States of America

Alice Zunqing He