Biodesulfurization may be utilized as a pretreatment to crude oil ... pipelines, may be applied as an alternative to hydrotreating the crude at the refinery, or.
BIOPROCESSING OF CRUDE OILS AND DESULFURIZATION USING ELECTRO-SPRAY REACTORS Eric N. Kaufman' and Abhijeet P. Borole Bioprocessing Research and Development Center Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory' Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA 37831-6226 "Thesubmitted manuscript has been authored by a contractor of the US.Governmenr under contract DE-ACOS-860i122464. According&, %heU S Government retains a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or allow others to do so, for US. Government purposes.
ABSTRACT Biological removal of organic sulfur from petroleum feedstocks offers an attractive alternative to conventional thermochemical treatment due to the mild operating conditions afforded by the biocatalyst. Electro-spray bioreactors were investigated for use in desulfurization due to their reported operational cost savings relative to mechanically agitated reactors and their capability of forming emulsions
