Browser Browsing: Recent Desulfurization Articles

“You affect the world by what you browse.” -- Tim Berners-Lee (British Physicist of the World Wide Web (WWW). b.1955)

Below is a selection of desulfurization articles I have found by browsing the Web.  I spend a lot of time browsing.  I browse deep … page after page after page.

Vendors of online databases would like us to believe that their systems are so good that laborious browsing through search results is a thing of the past.  With one search you will find exactly what you need in a matter of seconds.
 
Today’s Tip: Ignore this pipe dream.  Create the best search statement you can.  Then do what I do … start browsing.

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Fuel Processing Technology, Volume 92, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 39–52
COSMO-RS based predictions for the desulphurization of diesel oil using ionic liquids: Effect of cation and anion combination
R. Anantharaj,
Tamal Banerjee
tamalb@iitg.ernet.in
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378382010002833

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133 (11), pp 3748–3751
Carbon−Sulfur Bond Cleavage and Hydrodesulfurization of Thiophenes by Tungsten
Aaron Sattler and Gerard Parkin*
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja111034g

Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 366, Issues 1–2, 1 January 2011, Pages 335–341
A novel poly(dimethyl siloxane)/poly(oligosilsesquioxanes) composite membrane for pervaporation desulfurization
Qiu Gen Zhang^a,
Bing Cheng Fan^b,
Qing Lin Liu^a,
qlliu@xmu.edu.cn
qlliu@163.com
Ai Mei Zhu^a,
Feng Feng Shi^a
a National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
^b School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037673881000791X

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 106, Issues 1–2, 21 July 2011, Pages 133–141
Removal of dibenzothiophenes from model diesel fuel on sulfur rich activated carbons
Mykola Seredych,
Teresa J. Bandosz
tbandosz@ccny.cuny.edu
Department of Chemistry, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, United States
Abstract
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337311002244

Fuel, Volume 90, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 626–632
Optimization of oxidative desulfurization of thiophene using Cu/titanium silicate-1 by box-behnken design
N. Jose,
S. Sengupta,
J.K. Basu
jkb@che.iitkgp.ernet.in
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, India
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236110004977

Fuel, Volume 90, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 3209–3216
Studies on adsorptive desulfurization by zirconia based adsorbents
Sachin Kumar^a,
Vimal Chandra Srivastava^b,
vimalcsr@yahoo.co.in
R.P. Badoni^a
a Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248 006, Uttarakhand, India
^b Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, Uttarakhand, India
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236111003474

ChemSusChem, Volume 4, Issue 3, pages 399–403, March 21, 2011
Oxidative Desulfurization of Fuels Catalyzed by Fenton-Like Ionic Liquids at Room Temperature
Yunqing Jiang,
Dr. Wenshuai Zhu,
Prof. Huaming Li^*
lihm@ujs.edu.cn
Dr. Sheng Yin,
Dr. Hua Liu,
Dr. Qingjie Xie
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013 (PR China), Fax: (+86) 0511-88791708
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.201000251/full

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2011, 50 (20), pp 11690–11697
Deep Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel Fuels by Acidic Ionic Liquids
Guangren Yu, Jingjing Zhao, Dandan Song, Charles Asumana, Xiaoyue Zhang, and Xiaochun Chen*
chenxc@mail.buct.edu.cn
Beijing Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, P.R. China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie200735p?mi=v9oa9d&af=R&pageSize=20&searchText=membrane

Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12194-12196
Oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by selenium(IV)-containing peroxotungstate
Yiwen Hu, Qihui He, Zheng Zhang, Naidong Ding and Baixing Hu
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/cc/c1cc14153h

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Available online 26 December 2011, In Press, Corrected Proof
Deep extractive and oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene with C₅H₉NO·SnCl₂ coordinated ionic liquid
Fa-tang Li^a,
Cheng-guang Kou^a,
Zhi-min Sun^a,
Ying-juan Hao^a,
Rui-hong Liu^a,
Di-shun Zhao^b
a College of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
^b College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389411015482

Fuel, Volume 92, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 318–326
Role of phosphorus in carbon matrix in desulfurization of diesel fuel using adsorption process
Mykola Seredych^a,
Chi Tang Wu^b,
Patrice Brender^c,
Conchi O. Ania^{c, d},
Cathie Vix-Guterl^c,
Teresa J. Bandosz^a,
a Department of Chemistry, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, United States
^b Stuyvensant High School, 345 Chambers St., New York, NY 10282-1000, United States
^c Institut de Science des Materiaux de Mulhouse, (CNRS LRC 7228), 15 rue Jean Starcky, 68057 Mulhouse, France
^d Instituto Nacional del Carbón (INCAR, CSIC), 33011 Oviedo, Spain
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236111004625

Materials Research Bulletin, Volume 47, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 308–314
Fabrication of photocatalytic composite of multi-walled carbon nanotubes/TiO₂ and its application for desulfurization of diesel
Thu Ha Thi Vu^a,
ptntd2004@yahoo.fr
Thu Trang Thi Nguyen^a,
Phuong Hoa Thi Nguyen^a,
Manh Hung Do^a,
Hang Thi Au^a,
Thanh Binh Nguyen^b,
Dinh Lam Nguyen^c,
Jun Seo Park^d
a Vietnam Institute of Industrial Chemistry, Hanoi, Viet Nam
^b Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Viet Nam
^c Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Danang University of Technology, University of Danang, Viet Nam
^d Division of Chemical Engineering, Hankyong National University, Ansung 456-749, Republic of Korea
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025540811005368

Topics in Catalysis, Volume 54, Numbers 8-9, 527-534 (2011)
From the issue entitled "The 11th Mexican Congress on Catalysis"
Theoretical Study of Peroxo- and Diperoxomolybdate Formation as Catalysts in the Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel
Brenda Z. Vergara-Méndez, Álvaro A. García-Gómez, Martha Poisot and Guillermo Ramírez-Galicia
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.springerlink.com/content/3438024837282865/

Petroleum Science and Technology, Volume 29, Issue 24, 2011, pages 2554-2559
Preliminary Research on Desulfurization of Simulated Diesel Fuel with Peroxotungstate Biquaternary Ammonium Salt/H₂O₂ System
C. J. Zou^a, L. Ma^a, H. M. Wu^a & R. G. Sun^b
a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
^b Sichuan Petrochemical of PetroChina Co., Ltd., Pengzhou, People's Republic of China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10916461003716616

China Petroleum Processing and Petrochemical Technology, 2011,Vol. 13, No. 4, pp 23-28
Comparative Study on Oxidative Desulfurization of FCC Gasoline by Ce4+ Compound and H2O2
Li Haixia1; Xiao Lingmei1; Ma Jie1; Han Xiaogang1; Li Jian2
1. Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048;
2. SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Beijing
Free Full Text Source: http://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:Dyb9XMRgC04J:scholar.google.com/+desulfurization+dibenzothiophene+OR+diesel+OR+gasoline&hl=en&as_sdt=0,6&as_ylo=2011&as_yhi=2012

Petroleum Science and Technology, Volume 30, Issue 4, 2011, pages 385-392
One-Step Oxidative Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene Using Cyclohexanone Peroxide in N-Alkyl-imidazolium–Based Ionic Liquid Extraction Systems
T. Wang^a, D. S. Zhao^b, Z. M. Sun^a, F. T. Li^a, Y. Q. Song^c & C. G. Kou^a
a College of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
^b College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
^c Shijiazhuang Refining and Chemical Co. Ltd, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10916466.2011.601510

Fuel, Volume 93, March 2012, Pages 86–91
Deep desulfurization of diesel fuel by selective adsorption over Ni/Al₂O₃ and Ni/ZSM-5 extrudates
K.K. Sarda,
A. Bhandari,
K.K. Pant
kkpant@chemical.iitd.ac.in
Sapna Jain¹
Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi, Delhi 110 016, India
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236111006387

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Volume 34, Issue 3, 2011, pages 253-260
A Study on Selective Catalytic Oxidation Desulfurization of Thiophene in Imitation Gasoline with Ti-MCM-
Y.-R. Xu^ab, B.-X. Shen^a, X.-L. Xu^b, X.-F. Zhang^b & J.-G. Zhao^a
a State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
^b Research Institute of Urumqi Petrochemical Company, Petroleum of China, Urumqi, China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15567031003614557

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2011, 50 (24), pp 13686–13692
Catalytic Oxidative Desulfurization of Gasoline Using Ionic Liquid Emulsion System
Jianhua Ge†, Yuming Zhou*†, Yong Yang†, and Mengwei Xue§
ymzhou@seu.edu.cn
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189 Jiang Ning Region, Nangjing, P. R. China
Biochemical and Environmental Engineering College, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, P. R. China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie201325e?mi=um4knc&af=R&pageSize=20&title=desulfurization

Journal Of Chemical Engineering Of Japan, Advance Publication. Released online on November 11, 2011
Column Desulfurization from Hydrodesulfurization-Treated Gasoline Using Ce(IV)-Loaded Y-Zeolite Adsorbent
Mei Xue¹⁾, Ramesh Chitrakar²⁾, Kenta Ooi³⁾ and Qi Feng⁴⁾
1) School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University
2) Health Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
3) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
4) Department of Advanced Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University
Free Full Text Source: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcej/advpub/0/advpub_1111100296/_article

Petroleum Chemistry, Volume 51, Number 3, 216-221 (2011)
Hydrogen peroxide oxidative desulfurization of model diesel fuel mixtures in the presence of crown ethers and transition metal peroxo complexes
E. V. Rakhmanov(1)
erakhmanov@petrol.chem.msu.ru
Dan Jinyuan(1)
O. A. Fedorova(1)
A. V. Tarakanova(1)
A. V. Anisimov(1)
Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.springerlink.com/content/l614394680499688/

Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Volume 80, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 1289–1290
Radiation-induced desulfurization of Arabian crude oil and straight-run diesel
A.A. Basfar
abasfar@kacst.edu.sa  
K.A. Mohamed
Radiation Technology Center, Atomic Energy Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969806X11002180

Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2011, Pages 689–693
Study of extraction-oxidation desulfurization of model oil by acidic ionic liquid
Cun ZHANG^a,
czhanghxhg@163.com
Feng WANG^a,
Xiao-yu PAN^a,
Xiao-qin LIU^b
a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
^b College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1872581311600418

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 106, Issues 3–4, 11 August 2011, Pages 343–349
Oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene with dioxygen and reverse micellar peroxotitanium under mild conditions
Caiyun Jiang^a,
Jingjing Wang^a,
Shengtian Wang^a,
Hong yu Guan^a,
Xiaohong Wang^a,
wangxh665@nenu.edu.cn
Minxin Huo^b,
a Key Lab of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, Jilin Province, PR China
^b School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, PR China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337311002578

Applied Energy, Volume 88, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 175–179
Oxidative desulfurization of diesel with TBHP/isobutyl aldehyde/air oxidation system
Wei Guo,
Chengyong Wang,
Peng Lin,
Xiaoping Lu
xplu@njut.edu.cn
Institute of Sonochemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261910003107

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2011, 50 (24), pp 13686–13692
Catalytic Oxidative Desulfurization of Gasoline Using Ionic Liquid Emulsion System
Jianhua Ge†, Yuming Zhou*†, Yong Yang†, and Mengwei Xue§
ymzhou@seu.edu.cn
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189 Jiang Ning Region, Nangjing, P. R. China
Biochemical and Environmental Engineering College, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, P. R. China
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie201325e

Catalysis Today, Volume 172, Issue 1, 25 August 2011, Pages 189–194
Catalysis in Iberoamerica. Selected Papers from XXII Iberoamerican Congress on Catalysis.
Oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene compounds with titania based catalysts
Luis Cedeño-Caero
caero@unam.mx
caero@servidor.unam.mx
Mariana Ramos-Luna,
Mario Méndez-Cruz,
Jorge Ramírez-Solís
UNICAT, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Conjunto E, Cd. Universitaria, 04510 México D.F., Mexico
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920586111000824

Green Chem., 2011, 13, 1907-1913
Desulfurization and denitrogenation of gasoline and diesel fuels by means of ionic liquids
Antje R. Hansmeier, G. Wytze Meindersma and André B. de Haan
Full Text Source (Subscription or Fee): http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2011/GC/c1gc15196g

Шаблон секции нашей конференции (2011)
Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel Fuels with
Hydrogen Peroxide in the Presence of Activated Carbon and Formic Acid
A.A. Denish
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 30 Lenin av., Tomsk, 634050, Russia,
Free Full Text Source: http://chemstud.chtd.tpu.ru/downloads/chemstud11absV2.pdf#page=219

Chinese Journal Of Catalysis, Volume 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-715
Oxidative Desulfurization of Fuel Oils
JIANG Zongxuan, LÜ Hongyinga, ZHANG Yongna, LI Can*
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
Free Full Text Source: http://www.canli.dicp.ac.cn/publications/Oxidative%20desulfurization-1.pdf

PTQ Catalysis 2012

“Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” -- Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

PTQ-Petroleum Technology Quarterly (http://www.eptq.com/) has just published PTQ Catalysis 2012.  As always, it is worth a scan, even if you don’t have time to read the full articles.

Here are the titles and subtitles of the main articles …

Evaluation of a low rare earth resid FCC catalystA zero rare earth catalyst blended with a rare earth-based resid catalyst enabled a refinery to reduce its FCC catalyst rare earth requirement by 80%Sabeeth Srikantharajah and Colin Baillie, Grace Catalysts Technologies
Bernhard Zahnbrecher and Wieland Wache, Bayernoll
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Refinery fuel gas in steam reforming hydrogen plantsFuel gas is an attractive feedstock for hydrogen production, but appropriate catalysts and temperature control are needed to address high olefin levels\

Peter Broadhurst and Graham Hinton, Johnson Matthey Catalysts

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Estimating silicon accumulation in coker naphtha hydrotreatersImproved sampling and analysis of silicon in the feed enable a significant gain in the cycle life of coker naphtha hydrotreater catalystsThienan Tran, Patrick Gripka and Larry Kraus, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies
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FCC catalyst coolers in maximum propylene modeCatalyst cooling technology for continuous heat removal from the regenerator in maximum propylene operations can avoid damage to FCC catalyst and equipmentRahul Pillai And Phillip Niccum, KBR
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Decrease catalyst costs by regeneration, analysis and sortingUse of regenerated catalyst can be maximised by careful sampling and analysis of spent catalyst to construct a reactor contamination profilePierre Dufresne Eurecat, Francois Locatelli, Eurecat France
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Optimisation of integrated aromatic complexesA novel class of purification catalysts provides improved selectivity in aromatic complex serviceAxel Düker, Süd-Chemie AG
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Troubleshooting a FCC unitThe source of a fouling problem in a FCC CO boiler was identified by systematic analysis of fresh catalysts, additives and equilibrium catalystsChiranjeevi Thota, Shalini Gupta, Dattatraya Tammanna Gokak, Ravikumaroo Lapalli, P V C Rao and Viswanathan Poyyamani Swaminathan, Bharat Petroleum Corporation
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Tip #1: Bookmark the ePTQ site if you have not already done so.

Tip #2: Register with the ePTQ site.  Registration is free, and provides access to the full text of the PTQ issues as they are produced

Tip #3: Invite me to join your LinkedIn network.  View my LinkedIn profile at: www.linkedin.com/in/jeansteinhardtresearchCached

Conference Alert: Global Petrochemicals Conference

“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.” -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832)

The World Refining Association is presenting the 9th Annual Global Petrochemicals Conference (www.wraconferences.com/globalpetrochemicals) in Cologne, Germany 14-16 May 2012.

Here is some information from the Conference’s Web …

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The 9th Annual Global Petrochemicals Conference is the ideal business platform for petrochemical producers, experts and suppliers to discuss how you will tackle strategic and technical challenges in order to secure your market share and profit margins in a volatile and competitive landscape.
Speakers panel includes:
•Benny Mermans, Europe Africa Region General Manager, Chevron Phillips Chemicals International
•Fernando Iturrieta, Chief Executive Officer, CEPSA Quimica
•Andreas Gupper, Strategic Planning Manager - Strategy & Group Development, Borealis
•Dana Maria Viju, Commercial Director, Rompetrol Petrochemicals
•Fred du Plessis, Executive Advisor, Corporate Strategy & Planning, Sabic
•Junnan Sun, European Manager, China Petrochemical Corporation (SINOPEC)
•Rob Parry, Executive Account Manager, BASF
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For more information, visit the Web or contact:
Karen Magnusson (k.magnusson@theenergyexchange.co.uk), Conference Manager, The World Refining Association.

Today’s Tip: Sign up for email alerts from WRA. A simple sign up form is prominently displayed on the Conference’s Web.

Tip Number Two: Add an RSS feed of the Desulfurization Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/) to your Web page.

Patents Tip: ipHandbook of Best Practices

“Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted” -- Chinese Proverbs
 
Today's tip is short and sweet ... Visit the ipHandbook site (source: http://www.iphandbook.org).

Even if all you do is go there and bookmark the site for future reference, it will be well worth the effort.

Here is a table from the chapter on IP Portfolio Management

TABLE 1: IP PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TASK DEFINITIONS

IP TASK	DEFINITION, SCOPE, AND COMPLEXITY
Technology Scan	High-level scan of the patent and nonpatent literature to gauge current technology status. Used prior to invention conception or may facilitate technology brainstorming
Current Awareness/IP Surveillance	Monitoring of newly published patent applications or issue patents; supports “patent intelligence”/“competitive intelligence” initiatives
Licensing/Business Development IP Support	Patent portfolio maintenance, patent-prosecution support, updating patent status information, generating reports on IP status
Patent Development/ Patentability	Targeted IP search and analysis to determine similar, overlapping, or identical technology. A search is conducted within the full specification of U.S. and foreign patent applications and issued patents
Patent Landscape	Analysis of IP in one or more specific areas of technology; integration of detailed IP analysis information into defined format such as a “landscape” enabling both high-level overviews or detailed analysis (may support patentability or claims analysis activities)
Infringement	Targeted IP claims analysis to determine if one or more patents may be infringed by a new product release to market
Validity	A search for a prior-art reference that may render a target patent or patents invalid

Source: http://www.iphandbook.org/handbook/ch12/p04/

Jean Steinhardt produces these tips and tricks to help you make the best use of your online research time.  Follow the Blog (www.desulf.blogspot.com) and advise your friends and colleagues to do the same.

Database Tip: University of Houston Libraries

“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work” -- Mark Twain (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)

The University of Houston Libraries (http://info.lib.uh.edu/) is extraordinary.  It provides access to an impressive array of commercial databases.

If you are not affiliated with the University, as a student or faculty member for example, you won’t have access to these repositories.  But, you can still glean valuable information from its Web.

Suppose your organization has decided that their researchers need access to the full text of articles in their area.  There is a large number of vendors, each of which offers full text access to the content under their control.   But your organization can’t afford to license access to ALL of them.  How do you select those that are right for you?

Begin by exploring the databases that major universities subscribe to.

Here is a handful of the databases that the UH Libraries subscribe to …

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Compendex … Covers all engineering disciplines.
IEEExplore … Full text of most IEEE journal and conference publications.
INSPEC … Similar subject coverage to IEEExplore but more journals than just IEEE.
Science Direct … Full text of Elsevier journals, the largest publisher of science and technology journals
Web of Science … Highly cited journals in the sciences and engineering. Find who cited who.
Wiley InterScience … Full text of many Wiley journals, a key science and technology publisher.
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So, now you have a list that you can use as a starting point.

While you’re at the UH site, take some time to see how they’ve organized it.  The federated search, box is one of many conveniences they’ve built in to their Web.  It enables you to enter one search string that will search their entire array of databases, no matter who the vendor and no matter what the native search engine looks like.

Using the search term BIODESULFURIZATION, for example, results in the following, among many other results …

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Biodesulfurization of fossil fuels

	by Gray, Kevin A; Mrachko, Gregory T; Squires, Charles H Current opinion in microbiology, ISSN 1369-5274, 06/2003, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. 229 - 235 ... advances in the elucidation of the mechanisms of biodesulfurization; some of the most significant relate to the role of a flavin reductase, DszD, in ... Bacteria - metabolism, Sulfur Compounds - metabolism, Petroleum - metabolism, Industrial Microbiology - trends, Fossil Fuels - microbiology Journal Article : Full Text Online
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Biodesulfurization of hydrocarbons by Ranson, Isora; Rivas, Carmen M; Intevep, S.A Content Type Patent Abstract A process for treating liquid hydrocarbon, includes the steps of providing a liquid hydrocarbon containing complex sulfur-containing compounds, providing a bioactive material selected from or derived from members of genus ; and exposing the liquid hydrocarbon to the bioactive material under effective conditions such that the bioactive material interacts with the complex sulfur compounds and transforms the organic sulfur-containing compounds into inorganic sulfur compounds.Alcaligenes Date 03/2008 Patent Number 7338795 Language English

Biodesulfurization of hydrocarbons

	by Ranson, Isora; Rivas, Carmen M; Intevep, S.A 03/2008, Patent Number 7338795 A process for treating liquid hydrocarbon, includes the steps of providing a liquid hydrocarbon containing complex sulfur-containing compounds, providing a bioa... Patent : Available Online
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Coal biodesulfurization processes by Pakamas Prayuenyong Content Type Journal Article Abstract Sulfur emission from coal combustion presents many environmental problems. It is believed that the best method to limit the amount of sulfur oxides emitted into the atmosphere is to reduce the amount of sulfur in coal before combustion. The techniques used include physical, chemical and biological processes. Biological processes based on degradation of sulfur compounds by microorganisms offer many advantages over the conventional physical and chemical processes. The processes are performed under mild conditions with no harmful reaction products and the value of coal is not affected. In this article the progress achieved to date in coal biodesulfurization processes is reviewed. The barriers for biodesulfurization processes to scale up to commercial applications are highlighted. In addition, the future needs of research for the development of efficient biodesulfurization processes are included. Publication Title Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology Publisher Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla Date 07/2002 Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 493 - 507 ISSN 0125-3395 Language English

Coal biodesulfurization processes

by Pakamas Prayuenyong Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, ISSN 0125-3395, 07/2002, Volume 24, Issue 3, pp. 493 - 507 ... biodesulfurization processes is reviewed. The barriers for biodesulfurization processes to scale up to commercial applications are highlighted... Journal Article : Full Text Online

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Each of these three results is from a different database.  The first is from Science Direct (www.sciencedirect.com).  The second is from the USPTO database (http://www.uspto.gov/).  And the third is from the Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org).

When your organization begins subscribing to commercial databases, you will want to get the most for your money.  A federated search feature can help you do that.

So can a number of the other features you will find on a well-designed university library Web.

Explore the UH Libraries Web, or the Web of a university near you.

And while you’re at it, explore the Desulfurization Blog (www.desulf.blogspot.com) where you and your colleagues will find lots of tips and tricks to help you get what you need out of the vast resources available via the Web.

A Google® Tool Kit: OK, Missing Link, and @

“What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.” -- Dave Barry (American Writer and Humorist, b.1947)

Here are three tools to add to your online research toolkit.  Each of the three tools is a search statement.  But, just as there are all kinds of hammer – ball peen, tack, and sledge, to name a few – there are lots of different types of search statement.

Let’s say, for example, that a colleague has alerted you to the existence of the Southwest Research Institute (http://www.swri.org).  You want to determine whether its services can help you in your area of research.

SwRI’s Web is your first stop, of course.  But what if you are particularly interested in that organization’s work on desulfurization?

Tool #1: OK

Search String Format: [ Organization ] + [ Keyword ]

If you Google® swri desulfurization , for example, some of the results are …
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PASS 2 - SwRI
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advancement using SwRI's patented PASS technology, the PASS 2 system approach greatly simplifies the process of sulfur trapping and desulfurization.
SwRI Aftertreatment R&D
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SwRI BAR.gif (804 bytes) ... NOx reduction performance; Regeneration and desulfurization strategy development; Durability testing; System integration ...

Publications - SwRI
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... M. “Review on Sulfur Removal from. Liquid Fuels by Oxidative Desulfurization. (ODS) Process.” Recent Patents on Chemical. Engineering, 3, (2010): 30–37.
Southwest Research Institute on DieselNet
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SwRI services address every aspect of the diesel engine, from clean-sheet design all the way through ... Regeneration and desulfurization strategy development ...
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Tool #2: Missing Link

Search String Format: linkedin scientists [ organization ]

SwRI employs a large number of very talented scientists.  Suppose you want to get a sense of who they are without spending a lot of time doing so.  An easy way to learn more about them is to Google® the following …

Linkedin scientists swri

Here are some of the results …
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Bill Hosek  
Principal Scientist at Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, Texas Area · Research

Kennedy Gauger  
Principal Scientist at Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, Texas Area · Research

Amy G.  
Research Scientist
San Antonio, Texas Area · Environmental Services

Vicky P.  
Senior Research Scientist at Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, Texas Area · Research

Jerry H.  
Lecturer at University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas Area · Research

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Tip: to make this work, you really should join LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) … but you’re already a member, aren’t you?

Tool #3: “@”

Search String Format: “@ [organization].[org OR com OR gov]”

Now suppose you have identified one SwRI researcher in particular that you would like to contact.  How do you find his or her email address?
Once you find the email address of one researcher in an organization, you have a clue as to how to format the email address of any particular individual in that organization that you want to contact. 
For example ..

GOOGLE the following …
"@swri.org"

Here are a couple of results …

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[PDF] 
From: Flannigan, Clay [mailto:clay.flannigan@swri.org] Sent ...
www.nist.gov/public_affairs/.../southwest-research-institute.pdf
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From: Flannigan, Clay [mailto:clay.flannigan@swri.org]. Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:14 PM. To: amtech. Cc: Evans, Paul T. Subject: SwRI AMTech ...

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Investigation of Corrosion in Fuel Systems
www.swri.edu/3pubs/.../d18/.../InvestigationCorrosionFuelSystems.p...
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james.dante@swri.org florent.bocher@swri.org. Materials Engineering Department ... San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510 swri.org · corrosiontechnology. swri.org. S ...
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These gives us a clue.  The email pattern seems to be [firstname.lastname]@swri.org

So if you are trying to contact, say, Andrew Lerche, try sending an email to: Andrew.lerche@swri.org

This does not always work, but it costs nothing to try.

One thing that always works … reading the online research tips and tricks in the Desulfurization Blog (www.desulf.blogspot.com).  They will help you maximize the effectiveness of your online research.