US Patent Issued to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals on April 15 for "Hydrodesulfurization reaction composition" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,898, issued on April 15, was assigned to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Hydrodesulfurization reaction composition" was invented by Tawfik Abdo Saleh Awadh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Saddam Ahmed Al-Hammadi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Carbon nanofiber doped alumina (Al-CNF) supported MoCo catalysts in hydrodesulfurization (HDS), and/or boron doping, e.g., up to 5 wt % of total catalyst weight, can improve catalytic efficiency. Al-CNF-supported MoCo catalysts, (Al-CNF-MoCo), can reduce the sulfur concentration in fuel, esp. liquid fuel, to below the required limit in a...