States of Carbon Nanotube Supported Mo-Based HDS Catalysts

The dispersion of the active phase and loading capacity of the Mo species on carbon nanotube (CNT) was studied by the XRD technique. The reducibility properties of Co-Mo catalysts in the oxide state over CNTs were investigated by TPR, while the sulfided Co-Mo/CNT catalysts were characterized by means of the XRD and LRS techniques. The activity and selectivity with respect to the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) performances on carbon nanotube supported Co-Mo catalysts were evaluated. It was found that the main active molybdenum species in the oxide state MoO3/CNT catalysts were MoO2, but not MoO3, as generally expected. The maximum loading before the formation of the bulk phase was lower than 6% (percent by mass, based on MoO3). TPR studies revealed that the active species in the oxide state Co-Mo/CNT catalysts were reduced more easily at relatively lower temperatures in comparison to those of the Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3 catalysts, indicating that the CNT support promoted or favored the reduction of the active species. The active species of a Co-Mo-0.7/CNT catalyst were more easily reduced than those of the Co-Mo/CNT catalysts with Co/Mo atomic ratios of 0.2, 0.35, and 0.5, respectively, suggesting that the Co/Mo atomic ratio has a great effect on the reducibility of the active species. It was found that the incorporation of cobalt improved the dispersion of the molybdenum species on the support, and a phenomenon of mobilization and re-dispersion had occurred during the sulfurization process, resulting in low valence state Mo3S4 and Co-MoS2.17 active phases. HDS measurements showed that the Co-Mo/CNT catalysts were more active than the Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3 ones for the desulfurization of DBT, and the hydrogenolysis/hydrogenation selectivity of the Co-Mo/CNT catalysts was also much higher than those of the Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3. The Co-Mo/CNT catalyst with a Co/Mo atomic ratio of 0.7 showed the highest activity, whereas the catalyst with a Co/Mo atomic ratio of 0.35 had the highest selectivity.     

In situ FT-IR spectroscopy investigations of carbon nanotubes supported Co-Mo catalysts for selective hydrodesulfurization of FCC gasoline

To better understand the nature of carbon nanotubes supported Co-Mo catalysts （Co-Mo/CNTs） for selective hydrodesulfurization （HDS） of fluid catalytic cracking （FCC） gasoline, studies are carried out using in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FT-IR）. The catalytic performances of Co-Mo/CNTs catalysts were evaluated with a mixture of cyclohexane, diisobutylene, cyclohexene, 1-octene （60 ： 30 ： 5 ： 5, volume ratio） and thiophene （0.5%, ratio of total weight） as model compounds to simulate FCC gasoline. The HDS experimental results suggested that the HDS activity and selectivity of Co-Mo/CNTs catalysts were affected by Co/Mo ratio; the optimal Co/Mo atomic ratio is about 0.4, and the optimum reaction temperature is 260 ℃. The in situ FT-IR studies revealed that 1-octene can be completely saturated at 200 ℃. In the FT-IR spectra of diisobutylene, the characteristic absorption peak around 3081 cm^-1 for the stretching vibration peak of =C-H bond was still clear at 320 ℃ indicating that diisobutylene is difficult to be hydrogenated. As for the thiophene, no characteristic absorption peak could be found around 3092 cm^-1 and 835 cm^-1 when the reaction temperature was raised to 280 ℃, indicating that thiophene had been completely hydrodesulfurized. On the basis of FT-IR results, it can be deduced that thiophene HDS reaction occurred mainly through direct hydrogenolysis route, whereas thiophene HDS and diisobutylene hydrogenation reaction over Co-Mo/CNTs catalysts might occur on two different kinds of active sites.     

碳纳米管负载Co-Mo催化剂在孤岛减压渣油加氢裂化反应中的应用

采用等体积浸渍法制备了一系列不同Co/Mo原子比的碳纳米管（CNT）负载Co Mo催化剂。将该系列催化剂用于孤岛减压渣油加氢裂化反应，评价其催化效果，并在相同反应条件下与 γAl2O3负载Co-Mo催化剂的催化性能进行比较。结果表明，Co-Mo/CNT催化剂的催化效果略低于Co-Mo/γAl2O3催化剂。Co/Mo原子比对Co-Mo/CNT催化剂的催化效果有较大的影响。与相同载体的催化剂相比，当Co/Mo原子比为0.50时，Co-Mo/CNT催化剂具有最佳的催化效果，而Co-Mo/γAl2O3催化剂在Co/Mo原子比为0.35时具有最佳的催化效果。     

Co调变MoS2催化剂的作用本质及其FCC汽油选择性加氢脱硫机理

采用含硫前驱体四硫代钼酸铵直接构建MoS₂催化剂,通过调变Co/Mo原子比深入认识Co调变MoS₂催化剂的作用本质及其FCC汽油选择性加氢脱硫机理。借助XRD、HRTEM、XPS、H₂-TPR和Py-FTIR表征发现,Co/Mo原子比能够影响催化剂的活性相微观结构组成,从而影响催化剂的加氢脱硫活性和选择性。当Co/Mo（atomic ratio）<0.2时,助剂Co原子倾向于占据MoS₂相的边角位而形成CoMoS活性相,明显提高了催化剂的加氢脱硫活性;当0.2 < Co/Mo（atomic ratio） < 0.6时,助剂Co在催化剂表面形成适量的Co₉S₈相,其产生的溢流氢能提高硫化物的脱除活性而对烯烃饱和活性的影响较小;当Co/Mo（atomic ratio）>0.6时,过量的Co会形成大颗粒的Co₉S₈相,阻碍硫化物和烯烃与催化剂活性中心的接触,从而降低催化剂的活性和选择性。     

Study of Dibenzothiophene Adsorption Over Carbon Nanotube Supported CoMo HDS Catalysts

Adsorption properties of dibenzothiophene (DBT) on a CNT (carbon nanotube) support as well as on CoMoS/CNT and CoMoO/CNT catalysts have been studied. Consecutive desorption of adsorbates was measured by TGA. The commonly used carriers AC (activated carbon), γ-Al2O3, and their supported catalysts (CoMoO/AC, CoMoS/AC, CoMoO/γ-Al2O3, CoMoS/γ-Al2O3) were also subjected to analysis for comparison. The acidic properties of the samples were characterized using the NH3-TPD technique.Correlation between the adsorption of DBT and the acidic properties of the catalysts has been established.It was found that the Co-Mo catalysts in the sulfide state adsorbed much more DBT molecules than the corresponding Co-Mo catalysts in the oxide state. The CoMoS/CNT catalyst exhibited very high HDS activity and selectivity, as compared with the CoMoS/γ-Al2O3 catalysts. Based on the BET data and the high hydrogenolysis/hydrogenation selectivity of the CoMoS/CNT, it was deduced that more than 90% of the DBT molecules adsorbed on the CoMoS/CNT with an end-on mode, and the surface of the CoMoS/CNT catalyst was almost fully covered with DBT molecules. Although the AC support had very high surface area and high loading ability, the AC supported CoMoS catalyst showed lower HDS activity,as compared with the CoMoS/γ-Al2O3 catalyst.     

准“原位”XPS技术研究加氢精制催化剂的硫化过程

用准“原位”XPS技术研究了Mo/Al_2O_3、Mo/TiO_2-Al_2O_3、CO/Al_2O_3、CO/TiO_2-Al_2O_3、Co-Mo-Al_2O_3和Co-Mo/TiO_2-Al_2O_3等催化剂的硫化过程．结果表明：对以Al_2O_3为载体的催化剂，当Mo或Co载量较低(分别低于0.05 gMoO_3/gAl_2O_3或0.03gCoO/gAl_2O_3)时，没有Mo或Co硫化物的生成，而以TiO_2改性的Al_2O_3为载体的催化剂，Mo/TiO_2-Al_2O_3催化剂的硫化较Mo/Al_2O_3容易得多, 表现为在较低温度下，负载在TiO_2改性Al_2O_3载体上的MoO_3，能很快硫化并达到相当大的硫化度, 对Co/Al_2O_3催化剂而言，即使在较高温度400 ℃时，载体上高分散的CoO物种仍难以硫化；而Co_3O_4微晶的硫化却容易得多, 载体用TiO_2改性，并不影响高分散形态的CoO催化剂的硫化，却明显地影响Co_3O_4微晶的硫化．噻吩加氢脱硫(HDS)的活性测量指出，对Co-Mo/Al_2O_3和Co-Mo/TiO_2-Al_2O_3催化剂而言，HDS活性和硫化度之间存在着良好的相关性．并用TiO_2改性载体，可以增加Co-Mo催化剂的HDS活性和硫化度.     

高表面积复合氧化物Co-O-Si的制备及其催化1-己烯骨架异构和噻吩加氢脱硫活性

通过硝酸钴与硅酸钠共沉淀、辅以正丁醇干燥技术制备了具有原子分散度的Co-O-Si复合氧化物（Co/Si原子比 ≈ 0.65）,该催化剂具有较大的比表面积（562 m²/g）和较强表面酸性. 在硫化处理后,能够形成高度分散的硫化物活性组分,在模型汽油加氢处理反应中显示了较高的催化活性,在573 K时,噻吩的加氢脱硫活性可达99.4%,同时,1-己烯的骨架异构收率达到了35%. 该催化剂虽然不含Mo,其加氢脱硫活性可与工业催化剂Co-Mo/γ-Al₂O₃相当. 而在汽油深度加氢脱硫过程中,直链烯烃往往被加氢饱和,造成辛烷值损失. 该催化剂则可使部分直链烯烃发生骨架异构而生成异构烷烃,可减少深度加氢脱硫过程中的辛烷值损失.     

Support effects on the chemical property and catalytic activity of Co-Mo HDS catalyst in sulfur recovery

Effects of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and alumina (γ-Al2O3) supports on the catalytic activities of hydrodesulfurization (HDS) process over CoMo catalyst have been studied. XRD results indicated that the main active phases in CNT and γ-Al2O3 supported Co-Mo catalysts are MoO2 and MoO3, respectively. The TPR results reveal that the reduction peak temperatures of the active species on CNT supported Co-Mo catalyst is lower than those on alumina supported Co-Mo catalyst, indicating that the CNT supports favor the r...     

Egyptian heavy vacuum gas oil hydrotreating over Co-Mo/CNT and Co-Mo/γ-Al_2O_3 catalysts

The catalytic activity of CoMoS /CNT towards the Egyptian heavy vacuum gas oil hydrotreating was studied. The delivered CNT was functionalized with 6 mol /L HNO_3. The CNT were loaded with 12% MoO_3( by weight) and 0.7 Co /Mo atomic ratio with impregnation methods. The γ-Al_2O_3 catalyst was also prepared by impregnation method to compare both catalysts activities.The analysis tools such XRD,Raman spectroscopy,TEM,and BET were used to characterize the catalysts. The autoclave reactor was used to operate the hydrotreating experiments. The hydrotreating reactions were tested at various operating conditions of temperature 325-375 ℃,pressure 2-6 MPa,time 2-6 h,and catalyst /oil ratio( by weight) of 1 ∶75,1 ∶33 and 1 ∶10. The results revealed that the CoMoS /CNT was highly efficient for the hydrotreating more than the CoMoS /γ-Al_2O_3. Also, the hydrodesulfurization( HDS) increased with increasing catalyst /oil ratio. Additionally,results showed that the optimum condition was temperature 350℃,pressure 4 MPa,catalyst /oil ratio of 1 ∶75 for 2 h. Furthermore,even at low CoMoS /CNT catalyst /oil ratio of 1 ∶75,an acceptable HDS of 77.1% was achieved.     

Weakening internal diffusion effect in selective hydrodesulfurization of FCC gasoline by novel designed eggshell CoMoS/Al2O3 catalysts

A simple method for preparation of presulfided eggshell CoMoS/γ-Al2O3 catalysts with sharp boundary is developed, through which the eggshell thicknesses of Co and Mo could be easily regulated by controlling the impregnation time. According to the results characterized by EDS, XRD, HRTEM and FT-IR of adsorbed CO, the active component structures, the nature and/or the amount of active sites on the eggshell catalyst are similar to these on the uniform catalyst. The evaluation results of the catalytic performance in selective hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of FCC gasoline show the presence of significant internal diffusion inhibition effect on HDS of S-compounds especially in the uniform catalyst. Compared with uniform catalyst, the eggshell catalyst could remarkably reduce such an internal diffusion inhibition effect due to a shortened diffusion path of the reactants, thus showing higher HDS activity and selectivity.     

XPS Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Supported CoMo Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts

In this paper, the effect of catalytic support and sulfiding method on the chemical state of supported Co-Mo catalysts is studied by XPS. After sulfidation with in-situ method, the majority of molybdenum in CNT supported CoMo catalyst is transferred to a species with a formal chemical state Mo(Ⅳ) in MoS2 phase, and the rest to Mo(Ⅴ) which consists of Mo coordinated both to O and S, such as MoO2S2^2- and MoO3S^2-. In case of CoMo/γ-Al2O3 catalyst sulfided with in-situ method, a fraction of molybdenum is transferred to formal state Mo(Ⅳ) in the form of MoS2, but there is still a mount of unreduced Mo(VI) phase which is difficult to be sulfided. In CoMo/CNT catalyric system sulfided with ex-situ method, Mo(IV) in the form of MoS2 is detected along with a portion of unreduced Mo(VI) phase, suggesting that not all the Mo phases are reduced and sulfided by ex-situ method. As for CoMo/γ-Al2O3, a portion of molybdenum is sulfided to intermediate reduced state Mo(V) which consists of Mo coordinated both to O and S, such as MoO2S2^2- and MoO3S^2-, in addition, there is still a fraction of unreduced Mo(Ⅵ)phase. XPS analyses results suggest that CNT support facilitates the reduction and sulfidation of active species to a large extent, and that alumina support strongly interacts with active species, hereby producing a fraction of phase which resists complete sulfiding. Catalytic measurements of catalysts in the HDS of dibenzothiophene (DBT) show that CoMo/CNT catalysts are of higher HDS activity and selectivity than CoMo/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, which is in good relation with the sulfiding behavior of the corresponding catalyst.     

介孔碳担载的 Co-Mo 和 Ni-Mo 加氢脱硫催化剂

 自制介孔碳 (CMC) 具有比传统活性碳 (AC) 更大的比表面积、孔径和孔体积, 以其为载体, 在浸渍液中加入螯合剂, 采用等量浸渍法制备了 Co-Mo/CMC 和 Ni-Mo/CMC 催化剂, 分别用于模型汽油和柴油加氢脱硫反应. 结果表明, Co-Mo/CMC 和 Ni-Mo/CMC 催化剂具有比 Co-Mo/AC 催化剂更好的织构性质和加氢脱硫活性. 在模型汽油的加氢脱硫反应中, Co-Mo/CMC 催化剂活性比工业催化剂 Co-Mo/Al2O3 高得多; 而在模型柴油的加氢脱硫反应中, Ni-Mo/CMC 催化剂活性也比工业催化剂 FH-98 高得多.     

Al2O3性质对加氢脱硫催化剂Co-Mo/Al2O3活性相形成的影响

以两种商用Al2O3为载体,制备了汽油选择性加氢脱硫催化剂Co-Mo/Al2O3,并采用红外光谱、X射线衍射、N2吸附-脱附、透射电镜、扫描透射-能谱和X射线光电子能谱等手段系统研究了载体物化性质对催化剂活性相形成的影响.结果表明,表面羟基数量少和结晶程度高的载体与活性金属间相互作用减弱,促进了Mo物种的硫化还原,使MoS2片晶的尺寸和层数增加,且其硫化态催化剂上CoMoS活性位更多,CoMoS/MoS2比更大,因而显著提高了相应Co-Mo催化剂加氢脱硫活性和选择性.     

Hydrodesulfurization of Selective Catalytic Cracked Gasoline

Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) reaction of catalytic cracked gasoline (CCG) on Co–Mo/γ-Al₂O₃ was investigated in detail to make clear the important factors for deep HDS of CCG. A CCG containing 229 ppm sulfur and 30.4 vol% olefins was used in this study. Eleven alkylthiophenes and 2 alkylbenzothiophenes, 3 alkylthiacyclopentanes, and 2 disulfides were identified in this CCG by means of GC-AED analyses. In the reaction at 220 °C and 1.6 MPa using a conventional flow reactor of bench pilot scale, these sulfur compounds were hydrodesulfurized, whereas thiols were produced from H₂S and olefins. The reactions of thiophene HDS, isoolefin and n-olefin hydrogenation (HG) were studied to clarify the active sites on the catalyst. First, the effect of H₂S on the reaction was examined. The HG of n-olefin as well as thiophene HDS was inhibited by H₂S, while the HG of isoolefin was promoted. The effects of Co on these three reactions were also examined over the catalysts with different Co/(Co + Mo) ratios. Thiophene HDS was promoted by Co, while isoolefin HG was little affected and n-olefin HG was largely retarded. From these examinations, three types of active sites for thiophene HDS, isoolefin HG and n-olefin HG were proposed. Oligomers of isoolefins were found in the isoolefin hydrotreated product. The possibility of improving the HDS selectivity by carbonaceous deposit was investigated for HDS reactions of CCG and model compounds. The coking pretreatment was carried out on the catalyst and each reaction was examined. HDS selectivity (higher activity for HDS and lower activity for olefin HG) on CCGHDS was improved. Relative deactivation was in the following order, isoolefin HG > thiophene HDS > n-olefin HG. Pyridine modification (i.e. pyridine injection at 150 °C and partial pyridine desorption at 300 °C) was investigated on thiophene and olefins reaction. Thiophene HDS was little affected. Olefin HG and thiol production reaction were strongly inhibited. Improvement of HDS selectivity was observed in the reactions of CCG after pyridine modification. Improvement of HDS selectivity by pyridine modification was considered to result from the selective deactivation of the active sites for olefin reactions (hydrogenation and thiol production).     

Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3催化剂的原位红外光谱表征研究

采用CO和NO作为探针分子,应用原位红外光谱法(in-situ FT-IR)和程序升温还原(H₂-TPR)对Mo/γ-Al₂O₃和Co-Mo/γ-Al₂O₃加氢催化剂进行表征,并对催化剂进行了加氢脱硫(HDS)活性评价。实验结果表明,在Co-Mo/γ-Al₂O₃催化剂表面存在三个吸附位;在Mo/γ-Al₂O₃催化剂中加入助剂钴对钼吸附位起到显著的改性作用,并且引入新的活性中心,提高了催化剂的催化活性;随着钼含量的增加,活性中心数目逐渐增多;用CO-NO共吸附原位红外光谱研究了Co-Mo/γ-Al₂O₃催化剂表面活性中心的信息,证明不同的Mo中心分别吸附CO和NO,并将它们区分开来,解决了不同活性中心的光谱互相重叠的问题。     

全硅MCM-41担载的加氢脱硫催化剂的TPR研究

用TRP技术研究了以全硅MCM-41(Si-MCM-41)和HNO3交换的全硅MCM-41(H-MCM-41)为载体制备的Ni-Mo、Co-Mo和Ni-W加氢脱硫(HDS)催化剂的还原性能，并以0．8(wt)％二苯并噻吩(DBT)的十氢萘溶液为模型化合物，在高压固定床反应器上考察了上述催化剂的加氢脱硫(HDS)反应性能。结果表明，Si-MCM-41经稀HNO3交换后，所担载的Ni-Mo和Ni-W催化剂还原性能、HDS活性和加氢活性有显著变化，但对Co-Mo催化剂影响不大。这说明在Ni-Mo／H-MCM-41和Ni-W／H-MCM-41中可能存在氢溢流现象，DBT的HDS活性与载体表面酸性和氢溢流有关。     

Mo（W）－Co（Ni，Fe）簇合物的加氢脱硫催化活性

对线型、立方烷型和笼状３种不同构型的Ｍｏ（Ｗ）－Ｃｏ（Ｎｉ，Ｆｅ）－Ｓ（Ｏ）簇共１２种化合物进行了噻吩加氢脱硫和环己烯加氢的催化活性研究．讨论了簇合物的组成，金属原子的配比、价态与催化活性的关系．探讨了不同构型对活性的影响．     

Study of oxidic and sulfided selective hydrodesulfurization catalysts for gasoline using Raman spectroscopy

A series of CoMo/Al2O3 catalysts for selective hydrodesulfurization （HDS） of gasoline were studied with Raman spectroscopy, a powerful method that creates specific signals for the states and the distributions of oxidic precursors and sulfided active phases. The higher the Mo and Co, the lower the tetrahedrally coordinated molybdate, and the higher the polymolybdate. But the amount of polymolybdate decreased when CoMoO4 appeared. Cobalt-promoted polymolybdate was the precursor, and its relative content correlated well with the HDS selectivity. For sulfided catalysts, adding the cobalt-promoter led to local distortion-disorder of the MoS2 structure and the formation of a CoMoS phase. This method can provide important information for designing new industrial selective-HDS catalvsts.     

Development of Highly Active Co(Ni)Mo Catalysts for the Hydrodesulfurization of Dibenzothiophene Compounds

Co- or Ni-promoted Mo sulfide catalysts were prepared by combining three methods, sonochemical synthesis of Mo sulfides, promoter addition by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and fluorination of alumina support, to improve their performance in the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) process. Sonochemically synthesized Mo sulfides exhibited higher HDS activity, particularly for the hydrogenation (HYD) of dibenzothiophene (DBT) compounds, than in the case of the catalysts prepared by impregnation due to the improved dispersion of the Mo species. The addition of Co or Ni to the catalyst by a CVD method allowed the selective decoration of the Mo-sulfide surface with the promoter and accordingly produced greater amounts of the Co–Mo–S and Ni–Mo–S phases, which are known to be active sites for HDS. The performance of catalysts prepared by combining sonochemical and CVD methods was further improved by the addition of fluorine, which generated Brönsted acid sites that were responsible for the HYD route and also for the migration of methyl groups in 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene (4,6-DMDBT).     

Ultra Deep Hydrodesulfurization of Gas Oils Over Sulfide and/or Noble Metal Catalysts

Deep hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of sterically hindered sulfur compounds in gas oils will require enhanced hydrogenation activity to hydrogenate the aromatic rings of the sulfur compounds. Although H₂S is known to inhibit the direct HDS route for most of the sulfided catalysts, its promotion to the hydrogenation and subsequent HDS was newly observed for unsupported MoS₂. This promotion suggests that ultra deep HDS over sulfide catalysts can be achieved along with high metal loading, minimal support-metal interactions and optimal dependence on the Ni species. On the other hand, the strong hydrogenation activity of sulfur-tolerant noble metal catalysts suggests that ultra deep HDS as well as deep aromatics saturation can be achieved. This paper discusses recent catalytic approaches for ultra deep HDS using conventional sulfide catalysts and/or noble metal catalysts, such as the newly developed Pd-Pt/Yb-USY zeolite catalyst.