DESULPHURIZATION OF MODEL COMPOUNDS IN AN ELECTRIC ARC REACTOR
To study the process of desulfurizing oil products, model mixtures were prepared, based on octane and the desulfurized oil fraction. Concentrate of organosulfur compounds was extracted using the adsorption method. The model mixtures obtained were desulfurized in an arc-driven reactor. It is found that, in processing model mixtures prepared using octane, the desulfurized oil fraction, and oil sulfides in an arc-driven reactor, 87-90 % organosulfur compounds are removed. Resulting from the desulfurization process, a high calorific-value gas is released that contains methane, ethane, hydrogen, olefin hydrocarbons, and hydrogen sulfide, the latter one being the product of oil sulfides cracking. We have also quantified soot that is formed in electrocracking It is found that soot yield has increased by 8.3-8.4 % when using the desulfurized oil fraction as a base for model mixtures, as compared to the octane-based mixtures.