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The extractive desulfurization of a model gasoline containing several alkyl thiols and aromatic thiophenic compounds was investigated using two imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroaluminate, and 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, as extractants. A fractional factorial design of experiments was employed to evaluate the effects and possible interactions of several process variables. Analysis of variance tests indicated that the number of extraction steps and the IL/gasoline volume ratio were of statistically highly significant, but none of the interactions were significant. The results showed that the desulfurization efficiency of the model gasoline by the ILs could reach 95.2 % under the optimal conditions. The optimized conditions were applied to study the extraction of thiophenic compounds in model gasoline and several real gasoline samples; the following order was observed in their separation: benzothiophene [ thiophene [ 3-methylthiophene [ 2-methylthiophene, with 96.1 % removal efficiency for benzothiophene. The IL extraction was successfully applied as a complementary process to the adsorptive desulfurization with activated Raney nickel and acetonitrile solvent. The results indicated that the adsorptive process combined with IL extraction could provide high efficiency and selectivity, which can be regarded as a promising energy efficient desulfurization strategy for production of low-sulfur gasoline.

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The extractive desulfurization of a model and several real gasoline samples was investigated using imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs). Factorial design of experiments indicated that, among several process variables, the number of extraction steps and the IL/gasoline volume ratio were statistically highly significant. The results showed a desulfurization efficiency of 95.2% under the optimal conditions. The following order was observed for the extraction of thiophenic compounds: benzothiophene>thiophene>3-methylthiophene>2-methylthiophene, with 96.1% removal efficiency for the first one. The IL extraction was applied as a complementary process for the oxidative desulfurization by hydrogen peroxide and formic acid, which provided high efficiency and selectivity for desulfurization of gasoline.