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AM-02-12 PRIME-G+™: FROM PILOT TO STARUP OF WORLD’S FIRST COMMERCIAL 10 PPM FCC GASOLINE

Jean-Luc Nocca IFP North America

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Associate Member, International Member, Petrochemical Member, Refining Member - $0.00
Government, NonMember - $25.00

Description:

The two last decades have seen a dramatic increase in the demand for transportation fuels, essentially gasoline and diesel. Although the quality of these fuels (fuel reformulation) and the efficiency of the engines have constantly been improved, the overall fuel consumption increase has resulted in an increase in emissions. In order to reduce emissions from gasoline and diesel powered engines, increasingly severe regulations have been set-up by most industrialized countries. In particular, sulfur specifications are being further tightened to allow advances in engines and catalytic converters and therefore further reduce emissions. To meet the stringent ULEV specifications, the automotive industry has requested the introduction of sulfur free fuels (i.e., sulfur < 10 ppm) as outlined in the Worldwide Fuel Charter. In the U.S., Tier II regulations call for an average gasoline sulfur level of 30 ppm in 2006 with a gradual phase-in starting in 2004. In most of Europe, gasoline sulfur will be capped at 50 ppm in 2005. However, a tax incentive policy, adopted by a number of countries, has resulted in an earlier introduction of low sulfur fuels. Germany has led Europe in this tax incentive policy introducing fuels containing less than 50-ppm sulfur in 2001 and less than 10 ppm in 2003. Europe is now under the process of finalizing regulations limiting sulfur at 10 ppm in the 2008 timeframe. This article will focus on solutions provided by Axens, a company recently formed through the merger of IFP’s licensing division with Procatalyse Catalyst & Adsorbents, to meet the low sulfur gasoline regulations. It will also provide operation results from the world’s first selective cracked gasoline desulfurization units that were installed in Germany to meet the low sulfur gasoline requirements and take advantage of the fiscal incentives.

Product Details:

Product ID: AM-02-12
Publication Year: 2002