Organization Alert: Global NEST

“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.” -- Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher, 1788-1860)

I found the following interesting article on a Greek site called GlobalNEST (http://www.gnest.org/) …

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G. Blanco-Brieva, J. M. Campos-Martin, S. M. Al-Zahrani, J. L. G. Fierro
"Removal of refractory organic sulfur compounds in fossil fuels using MOF sorbents"
Global NEST Journal 12(3) (2010) 296-304
G. BLANCO-BRIEVA1 1Sustainable Energy and Chemistry Group (EQS)
J.M. CAMPOS-MARTIN1 Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (CSIC)
S.M. AL-ZAHRANI2 C/Marie Curie, 2, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
J.L.G. FIERRO1, * 2Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering
King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Received: 17/05/10 *to whom all correspondence should be addressed:
Accepted: 24/08/10 e-mail: jlgfierro@icp.csic.es  ; http://www.icp.csic.es/eqs
The stringent new regulations to lower sulfur content in fossil fuels require new economic and efficient methods for desulfurization of recalcitrant organic sulfur. Hydrodesulfurization of such compounds is very costly and requires high operating temperature and pressure. Adsorption is a non-invasive approach that can specifically remove sulfur from refractory hydrocarbons under mild conditions and it can be potentially used in industrial desulfurization. Intensive research has been conducted in materials development to increase their desulfurization activity; however, even the highest activity obtained is still insufficient to fulfil the industrial requirements. To improve the adsorption capacity and sorbent regeneration, more work is needed in areas such as increasing specific desulfurization activity, hydrocarbon phase tolerance, sulfur removal at higher temperature, and development of new porous substrates for desulfurization of a broader range of sulfur compounds. This work comprehensively describes the adsorption of organo-sulfur compounds present in liquid fuels on metal-organic framework (MOF) compounds. It has been demonstrated that the extent of dibenzothiophene (DBT) adsorption at temperatures close to ambient (304 K) is much higher on MOF systems than on the benchmarked Y-type zeolite and activated carbons. In addition, the DBT adsorption capacity depends strongly on the MOF type as illustrated by the much higher extent of adsorption observed on the Cu-(C300) and Al-containing (A100) MOF systems than on the Fe-containing (F300) MOF counterpart.
KEYWORDS: adsorption, organo-sulfur compounds, dibenzothiophene, liquid-phase adsorption, Metal-Organic-Frameworks (MOF).
source: http://www.gnest.org/journal/Vol12_no3/296-304_721_Fierro_12_3.pdf

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According to its own description …
“The Global NEST constitutes an international association of scientists, technologists, engineers and other interested groups involved in all scientific and technological aspects of the environment as well as in application techniques aiming at the development of sustainable solutions. Its main target is to support and assist the dissemination of information regarding the most contemporary methods for improving quality of life through the development and application of technologies and policies friendly to the environment.


“The Global NEST has the ambition to intervene with scientifically based positions in the big global questions concerning the environment and make these positions known world-wide.”
source: http://www.gnest.org/
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GlobalNEST is worth bookmarking for future use. However, Global NEST does not have a search feature on its site … the best way to search is by Googling® .

Try, for example, Googling® by using the following example …

"global nest" desulfurization

You will find this to be a useful tip to search many other Web sites with limited or non-existent native search capability. Just type in the name of the organization and add a key word of interest to you.

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