The invention relates to the field of oxidative desulfurization of oil and
sulfur-containing liquid
hydrocarbon fuels (including
diesel fuel) and can be used to reduce harmful emissions and exhausts (in the form of sulphur
oxide and
carbon monoxide - SO2 and CO) of oil refineries, as well as various industrial enterprises (including energy), facilities and engines using
hydrocarbon fuels. Method of oxidative desulfurization of oil and liquid
hydrocarbon fuel and reducing harmful emissions of
sulfur oxides and carbon provides a process of oxidation in tanks or pipelines by
ozone (O3) or
ozone-containing gases, in which
sulfur oxides (SO2 and SO), without releasing them into the
atmosphere, mix in a closed vessel or pipeline with
carbon monoxide (CO) and by means of chemical reactions of sulfur
monoxide decomposition (2SO↑ → SO2↑+S↓) and sulfur
recovery (SO2↑ + 2CO↑ → S↓ + 2CO2↑) elemental sulfur (S) is extracted from oil or liquid hydrocarbon fuel and
carbon monoxide (CO) is converted into its dioxide (CO2). The oxidation, also
decomposition and
recovery reactions are carried out one-step or sequentially, in the presence of oxidation-
recovery group catalysts corresponding to these reactions, such as tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (C₄H₁₀O₂). Ozonized
atmospheric air is used as
ozone-containing gas.