Research Article

Assessment of the Oxidative Desulfurization of Middle Distillate Surrogate Fuels with Spectroscopic Techniques

Table 1

Model sulfur compounds contained in the eleven mixtures of surrogate fuels.

MixtureSulfur compounds

1Tert-butyl disulfide, benzothiophene
21-dodecanethiol, tert-butyl disulfide
31-dodecanethiol, n-butyl sulfide
4Ν-butyl sulfide, tert-butyl disulfide
51-dodecanethiol, benzothiophene
61-dodecanethiol, dibenzothiophene
7Tert-butyl disulfide, dibenzothiophene
8Ν-butyl sulfide, benzothiophene, dibenzothiophene
91-dodecanethiol, n-butyl sulfide, tert-butyl disulfide, benzothiophene, dibenzothiophene
101-dodecanethiol, benzothiophene, dibenzothiophene
111-dodecanethiol, n-butyl sulfide, tert-butyl disulfide