Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Nature Energy), BP, UCLA, ETH Zürich and China’s Nanjing University have developed a method for reducing levels of sulphur in oil and diesel to ~2ppm, according to a paper published in the journal Caltech. It reveals how Nature Energy graduate student Anton Toutov and colleagues at BP optimised the use of potassium tert-butoxide to remove almost all of the sulphur content in diesel fuel.The next task will be "figuring out how to streamline the process and make it work on an industrial scale", Toutov said.
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), BP, UCLA, ETH Zürich and China’s Nanjing University have developed a method for reducing levels of sulphur in oil and diesel to ~2ppm, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Energy. It reveals how Caltech graduate student Anton Toutov and colleagues at BP optimised the use of potassium tert-butoxide to remove almost all of the sulphur content in diesel fuel.The next task will be "figuring out how to streamline the process and make it work on an industrial scale", Toutov said.