Diesel sulfur filter-nanoadsorber and method of filtering a liquid fuel
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsGary B. Zulauf, Ronald P. Rohrbach
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is filter media that may be used for removing sulfur-containing compounds from a post-refinery fuel stream. The filter media comprises an inorganic oxide nanomaterial having a surface acidity characterized by a pKa value of less than or equal to −3. Also disclosed is a method of filtering a liquid fuel using the filter media.
Claims18
A filter medium for removing a sulfur-containing compound from a liquid fuel, comprising an inorganic oxide nanomaterial having a surface acidity characterized by a pKa value of less than or equal to −3.
A method of filtering a liquid fuel comprises contacting a liquid fuel with a filter medium comprising an inorganic oxide nanomaterial having a surface acidity characterized by a pKa value of less than or equal to −3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.