Objective Particulate emissions by diesel engines are very sensitive to the fuel nature and composition and, in particular, to the presence of sulphur. The objectives of this project consist on the development of advanced catalysts for the deep hydrodesulfurization of diesel fuels to 100 ppm sulfur and, possibly, lower values. The project consists of an integrated programme in which catalyst preparation, activation, characterization and performance testing will be evaluated. The aim is the synthesis of dedicated catalysts for the hydrodesulfurization of diesel fuel. The programme can be subdivided into the following tasks : 1) the verification of the leads from the existing literature on the nature of the refractory sulfur containing compounds; 2) to define the factors which play a key role in the deep hydrodesulfurization of diesel fuel in order to reduce the sulfur content below 500 ppm, notably 100 ppm and lower; 3) the determination of the detailed reaction mechanism and the kinetics for deep hydrodesulfurization; 4) the assessment of the factors which play a key role in the deep HDS of diesel fractions, as inferred from the kinetic evaluation of the reaction and the nature of the refractory sulfur compounds; 5) the development of advanced catalysts for the deep hydrodesulfurization of diesel fuel to 100 ppm and,possibly, lower values. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuelsnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis Programme(s) FP3-JOULE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0204 - Utilization of hydrocarbons Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Technische Universiteit Delft Address 136,julianalaan 2628 BL Delft Netherlands See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2,den dolech 5600 MB Eindhoven See on map IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Prince consort road SW7 2AZ London See on map Shell Research BV Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3,badhuisweg 1031 CM Amsterdam See on map THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avda. felipe iv, 1 b 20011 San sebastian See on map UNIVERSITAET KARLSRUHE (TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE) Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 12,engler-bunte-ring 1 76131 Karlsruhe See on map
