Method for desulphurizing engine fuel on board a motor vehicle

US6749754B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Eberhard Holder · Eßlingen, DE
• Roland Kemmler · Stuttgart, DE
• Martin Matt · Weingarten, DE
• Viktor Pfeffer · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Carsten Plog · Markdorf, DE
• Thomas Stengel · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Ralph Stetter · Winnenden, DE
• Karl-Heinz Thiemann · Bad Marienberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 15, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S210/902
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the desulfurization of an engine fuel onboard a motor vehicle includes separating sulfur-containing components of the engine fuel by selective liquid-phase adsorption on an adsorption material. The adsorption material may be an oxide of Al, Mg, Si, or Ti that is doped with Ag.