Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 1001-1023Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-020-01113-7
Keywords
Green solvents; Fuel processing; Biofuels; Desulphurization; Denitrification; Fuel cells
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The fossil fuel industry is facing challenges of atmospheric pollution and competition from emerging sectors like electricity, solar, wind, and hydrogen. Green solvents such as ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents have been developed to efficiently remove sulphur and nitrogen compounds from fuels, increasing biodiesel and bioethanol yields significantly.
The fossil fuel industry faces issues of atmospheric pollution by sulphur and nitrogen compounds, and emerging competition from electricity, solar, wind and hydrogen sectors. As a consequence, green solvents such as ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents have been recently developed for alternative fuel purification. Deep eutectic solvents are usually more efficient and better biodegradable, whereas ionic liquids display qualities for safety and optimization. Some ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents allow a 100% removal efficiency of sulphur and nitrogen compounds from petroleum. Biodiesel yields up to 98.1% are reached using green solvents. Pretreatment of biomass with green solvents has been found to increase by 50% the bioethanol yield.
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