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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Wismann, Camarillo, CA (US);
Santosh K. Gangwal, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 2/500 ; C10G 2/512 ; C10G 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 2/500 ; C10G 2/512 ; C10G 2/700 ;
Abstract
The desulfurization of petroleum distillates can be carried out by cyclic low-temperature adsorption of oxidized sulfur compounds with activated carbon followed by regeneration of the activated carbon using an organic solvent. The activated carbon used in the process is commercially available and its surface area that ranges from approximately 500 to 2000 m /g having a substantial portion of its pores in the range between 10 to 100 Angstroms.