Definition of "desulfurization" []

• The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude. (noun)

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• "Examples of this include companies that are extracting the petroleum from discarded plastic bottles and using it to create the polyester fibers that they turn into sportswear, and those producing synthetic gypsum roughly 20 percent of U.S. raw gypsum use from the byproduct of manufacturing and energy-generating processes, primarily from desulfurization of exhaust gases from coal power plants."
• "Other industrial uses of hydrofluoric acid include metal refining, mineral processing, and the desulfurization of oil. 23 Despite the fact that hydrofluoric acid is used in a wide variety of industries, it is extremely toxic."
• "The fire, which started at a residue desulfurization unit, is expected to have a significant impact on the regional oil market, because Formosa Petrochemical is one of Asia's largest gasoline and middle-distillate exporters."