Benzene hydrogenation on sulfide catalyst under unsteady-state conditions

A kinetic model of benzene hydrogenation on a sulfide hydropurification catalyst (Ni,Mo)/Al₂O₃ has been developed. The model describes well the experimental data obtained under unsteady-state conditions and relies on the assumption that the catalyst surface contains only one type of active sites, i.e., Ni atoms in the sulfide bimetallic complex, and makes allowance for the transition of active sites into inactive sites. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.