Table 7. Desulfurization Effectiveness Factor under Different Catalyst Sizes and Reaction Conditions.

reference	feed	catalyst	shape	equivalent diameter (mm)	effectiveness factor
present work	HTCT	Mo-Ni	tri-lobular	1.6	0.11–0.26
Feng et al.12	LTCT	Mo-Ni	tri-lobular	1.8–2.0	0.53–0.75
Garroquín et al.34	SRGO	Mo-Ni	tri-lobular	2.5	0.40–0.55
Novaes et al.35	diesel	Mo-Ni	cylindrical	1.7	0.20–0.64
Jarullah et al.29	Iraqi crude oil	Co-Mo	cylindrical	1.8	0.47–0.64