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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2007
Ronald P. Rohrbach, Flemington, NJ (US);
Gary B. Zulauf, Findlay, OH (US);
Peter D. Unger, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Daniel E. Bause, Flanders, NJ (US);
Ronald P. Rohrbach, Flemington, NJ (US);
Gary B. Zulauf, Findlay, OH (US);
Peter D. Unger, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Daniel E. Bause, Flanders, NJ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are fuel filters and process for removing sulfur-containing compounds from a post refinery fuel stream. In one embodiment, the disclosed process requires passing the post refinery fuel stream through a fuel filter to provide a clean fuel stream having a reduced concentration of sulfur-containing compounds relative to the post-refinery fuel stream, wherein the fuel filter comprises an adsorbent comprising an inorganic oxide having a surface acidity characterized by a pKof less than or equal to −3.