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Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com) specializes in gathering and analyzing information in a number of areas of technology in order to enable major corporations to take advantage of growth opportunities created by technical breakthroughs. In the words of the Frost & Sullivan site …

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One report of particular interest to anyone involved in desulfurization is …

Frost & Sullivan Research Service Published: 26 May 2004
Oil Refining Technologies--New Developments and Growth Opportunities (Technical Insights)
You can get an idea of the quality of the report by browsing the contents of Chapter 7 …

CHAPTER 7 - CLEANING UP: HYDROTREATING; DESULFURIZATION AND DEMETALLIZATION
New Technologies
Description and Introduction
Desulfurization
Demetallization
Trends
Hydrotreating
Technical Drivers and Challenges
Key Developments in Hydrotreating
Introduction
ExxonMobil SCANFining
Nebula: Akzo Nobel
UOP: Sulfur-X
GTC GT-DeSulf Process
UOP/PDVSA: ISAL Gasoline Desulfurization
BOC-Linde IsoTherming Process
Badger/SK HDS Pretreater
ExxonMobil OCTGAIN Process
Phillips S-Zorb
Axens Prime-D Diesel Desulfurization
JGC Gas Oil Ultra-Deep Desulfurization
Criterion: Centinel Hydroprocessing Family
Indian Oil Technologies: INDE Sweet
Virginia Tech: New HT Catalyst Ideas
UIUC: Sonochemistry Improves HT Catalysis
New Concepts
University of Southern California: Nanotech Filtration Concept
Penn State: Selective Sulfur Removal
UniPure: A Fresh Distillate Desulfurization Idea
Biodesulfurization

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