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Oil desulfurization

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-019449

Widely used precombustion method for reducing sulfur dioxide emissions from oil-burning power plants. The oil is treated with hydrogen, which removes some of the sulfur by forming hydrogen sulfide gas.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-019449
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental technologies
ReferencesTerms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Oil desulfurization",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Oil Desulfurization",
  "definition": "Widely used precombustion method for reducing sulfur dioxide emissions from oil-burning power plants. The oil is treated with hydrogen, which removes some of the sulfur by forming hydrogen sulfide gas.",
  "subject": "Environmental technologies",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/oil-desulfurization/"
}

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