AM-93-14 BIOLOGICAL DESULFURIZATION (B-DS) OF MIDDLE DISTILLATES

Description:

The purpose of this paper is to describe an alternative approach to desulfurization based on the recent advances in biotechnology and to outline the progress which has been made in recent years in this area. "Biocatalytic Desulfurization" (BDS) is not a commercial technology, but conceptual engineering and sensitivity analyses have shown that the approach has great promise. Several Government, University and Industrial groups are working now to develop the technology. The recent advances which have resulted from the application of the new tools of biotechnology to the problem have accelerated the development effort, and the first commercial BDS units may be available in 1996.