Carbon black composites—supports of HDS catalysts

HDS activity of sulfided Mo (W) catalysts supported on carbon black composites (CBC) is affected by kind of functional groups present on the CBC surface. Oxidation of CBC with (NH₄)₂S₂O₈ produce functionalities with the highest acid strength and corresponding catalyst exhibits the highest HDS activity. Sulfided W/CBC is less active in thiophene HDS than corresponding Mo counterpart. The rate of thiophene HDS over Mo/“basic” CBC does not depend on the method of Mo deposition.     

MgO-supported Mo, CoMo and NiMo sulfide hydrotreating catalysts

The most common preparation of high surface area MgO (100–500 m² g⁻¹) is calcination of Mg(OH)₂ obtained either by precipitation or MgO hydration or sol–gel method. Preparation of MoO₃/MgO catalyst is complicated by the high reactivity of MgO to H₂O and MoO₃. During conventional aqueous impregnation, MgO is transformed to Mg(OH)₂, and well soluble MgMoO₄ is easily formed. Alternative methods, that do not impair the starting MgO so strongly, are non-aqueous slurry impregnation and thermal spreading of MoO₃. Mo species of MoO₃/MgO catalyst are dissolved as MgMoO₄ during deposition of Co(Ni) by conventional aqueous impregnation. This can be avoided by using non-aqueous impregnation. Co(Ni)Mo/MgO catalysts must be calcined only at low temperature because Co(Ni)O and MgO easily form a solid solution. Literature data on hydrodesulfurization (HDS) activity of MgO-supported catalysts are often contradictory and do not reproduced well. However, some results suggest that very highly active HDS sites can be obtained using this support. Co(Ni)Mo/MgO catalysts prepared by non-aqueous impregnation and calcined at low temperature exhibited strong synergism in HDS activity. Co(Ni)Mo/MgO catalysts are much less deactivated by coking than their Al₂O₃-supported counterparts. Hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) activity of Mo/MgO catalyst is similar to the activity of Mo/Al₂O₃. However, the promotion effect of Co(Ni) in HDN on Co(Ni)Mo/MgO is lower than that on Co(Ni)Mo/Al₂O₃.     

Al-pillared montmorillonite-based Mo catalysts: effect of the impregnation conditions on their structure and hydrotreating activity

The effects of the pH and medium of the impregnation solution on the surface structure and activity for gas oil hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of molybdenum catalysts supported on an Al-pillared montmorillonite have been studied. Catalysts were characterized by using X-ray diffraction, nitrogen and ammonia sorption measurements, temperature-programmed reduction, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was found that impregnation at basic pH leads to the incorporation of molybdenum mainly in form of monomeric and polymeric species, with a substantial part of Mo species in the interlayer space of the Al-pillared clay, probably in interaction with the alumina pillars. Whereas, formation of small particles of bulk MoO₃ deposited on the external surface of the Al-pillared clay was favoured by impregnation at acid pH. The impregnation at pH 8.5 in a H₂O₂ solution produced abundant formation of incipient MoO₃ crystallites relatively well dispersed, partially located inside the porous system. The catalysts prepared at basic pH values had slightly higher HDS activity than those prepared at acid pH values.     

Hydrodesulfurization of thiophene on carbon nanofiber supported Co/Ni/Mo catalysts

Co, Mo, NiMo and CoMo catalysts supported on alumina, fishbone and platelet carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have been prepared. The dispersion of the oxide phases was qualitatively studied and compared using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The reducibility of the catalysts was studied by temperature programmed reduction (TPR). Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of thiophene was used as a model reaction to compare the activity of different catalysts. The activity tests showed that the alumina supported catalysts exhibited higher activity compared to the corresponding CNF supported catalysts, and the NiMo catalysts were more active than the corresponding CoMo catalysts. The thiophene HDS activity was correlated with the dispersion of the molybdenum species and the reducibility of different catalysts. Interestingly, the CNF supported Co catalysts have higher thiophene HDS activity than the CNF supported Co(Ni)Mo catalysts.     

Cumene hydrocracking and thiophene HDS on niobia-supported Ni, Mo and Ni–Mo catalysts

Results are reported on the XPS characterization and catalytic activity in cumene hydrocracking (2.8 MPa, 623 K) and thiophene HDS (2.8 MPa, 523–573 K) of sulfided Ni, Mo and Ni–Mo catalysts supported on alumina and on pure and phosphated niobia. From the XPS results, evidence was obtained for the formation of a surface niobium sulfide with stoichiometry close to NbS₂ during catalyst sulfidation. Sintering of supported nickel during sulfidation occurred to a much smaller extent with the niobia-supported catalysts than with the alumina-supported ones. The dispersion of alumina-supported molybdenum was little influenced by sulfidation, whereas, with the niobia supports, the molybdenum surface concentration increased with sulfidation. With the alumina support, the Ni–Mo combination caused the dispersion of the sulfided nickel to be improved, possibly due to formation of a NiMoS phase. This was not observed with the niobia-supported catalysts.

Reasonable linear correlations were also found between the intrinsic activity for cumene hydrocracking and the amount of sulfided niobium in the catalysts, but the catalysts supported on phosphated niobia had a higher intrinsic activity than the ones supported on pure niobia. In thiophene HDS, the activity of the niobia-supported nickel catalysts was much larger than the activity of the alumina-supported ones. The activity of the niobia-supported molybdenum catalysts was smaller than that of the alumina-supported catalyst. With the bimetallic catalysts, little or no synergy was observed with the niobia-supported catalysts, in sharp contrast with the alumina case.     

Catalytic activity of Co,Mo and CoMo supported on NaY zeolite: hydrodesulfurization of gas oil at high pressure

Three series of Co/NaY, Mo/NaY and CoMo/NaY zeolite catalysts with variable metal content, prepared by a conventional impregnation method, were characterized by XRD, IR spectroscopy (oxide state) and acidity measurements (sulfide state), and tested in hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of gas oil at high pressure in the temperature range 275–350°C. The combined results of surface area, XRD and IR showed that in the catalysts with high metal loading a small loss in crystallinity and a partial blockage of the zeolite supercages were produced by Mo oxide species. The number of acid sites, which was lower for the Co/NaY than for the Mo/NaY catalysts, increased with increasing Co or Mo loading, but the strength of the acid sites was stronger for the Co/NaY series. HDS specific activities of the Co/NaY and Mo/NaY monometallic catalysts reached a maximum at very low loadings of Co ( 0.10 at. nm^–2) or Mo ( 0.16 at. nm^–2) by the double action of the metal sulfide species and the strong acid sites generated on the zeolite by the Co or Mo incorporation. In the binary CoMo/NaY catalysts, the synergy between Co and Mo species was significant for high Mo contents only.     

Characterization and activity of Mo supported catalysts for diesel deep hydrodesulphurization

Various highly dispersed Mo supported catalysts with various carriers were prepared for deep hydrodesulphurization of diesel. The carriers included a high surface area and large pore volume γ-Al₂O₃, two types of meso-microporous composite molecular sieves prepared by incipient-wetness impregnation method. A new mesoporous MoSiO_x catalyst synthesized with in situ composite method was also studied. The hydrodesulphurization experiments were carried out in a micro-reactor over different catalysts including Mo supported series and a commercial catalyst. Spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR and UV–vis DRS) were utilized to determine the structure of MoO_x species. The catalyst characterizations of BET, XRD, FT-IR, UV–vis DRS and FTIR pyridine adsorption indicated that the existences of metal active component of Mo in the catalysts were highly dispersed nano MoO₃ clusters and the Mo series catalysts had high surface areas and plenty of large pores which were propitious to the diffusions of reactant and product molecules. Cat_NiMo exhibited the highest B/L acidity ratio and higher total concentration of Brønsted acid sites and Lewis acid sites, and its HDS activity also gave the highest in this study to produce a sulphur-free diesel, which was verified by the sulphur content in products analyzed by GC–MS methods.     

Silica–alumina-supported transition metal sulphide catalysts for deep hydrodesulphurization

Deep hydrodesulphurization (HDS) of dibenzothiophene (DBT) and gas-oil has been carried out on amorphous-silica–alumina (ASA)-supported transition metal sulphides (TMS) under conditions which approach industrial practice. The activity and selectivity of the binary Ni-, Ru- and Pd-promoted Mo catalysts were compared with the monometallic ones (Ru, Ir, Pd, Ni, Mo on ASA). For both HDS of DBT and gas-oil, the observed activity trends were similar; thus, all catalysts were more active with model feed than with gas-oil, and less active than commercial CoMo/Al₂O₃. The binary catalysts showed larger activity than monometallic ones, with Ni–Mo catalyst being more effective than Ru–Mo or Pd–Mo. For Ni–Mo sample, the X-ray photoelectron and temperature-programmed reduction techniques confirmed that incorporation of Mo minimises metal–support interaction, although the formation of nickel hydrosilicate was not prevented. The consecutive impregnation of calcined Mo/ASA catalyst with precursor solution followed by calcination enhances molybdenum surface exposure in binary samples. As a consequence, the temperature of reduction of MoO₃ to molybdenum suboxides is decreased.     

On the formation of cobalt–molybdenum sulfides in silica‐supported hydrotreating model catalysts

Model catalysts, consisting of a conducting substrate with a thin SiO₂ layer on top of which the active catalytic phase is deposited by spincoating impregnation, were applied to study the formation of the active CoMoS phase in HDS catalysts. The catalysts thus prepared showed representative activity in the hydrodesulfurization of thiophene, confirming that these models of HDS catalysts are realistic. Combination of the sulfidation behaviour of Co and Mo studied by XPS and activity measurements shows that the key in the formation of the CoMoS phase is the retardation of the sulfidation of Co. Complexing Co to nitrilotriacetic acid complexes retarded the Co sulfidation, resulting in the most active catalyst. Due to the retardation of Co in these catalysts, the sulfidation of Mo precedes that of Co, thereby creating the ideal conditions for CoMoS formation. In the CoMo catalyst without NTA the sulfidation of Co is also retarded due to a Co–Mo interaction. However, the sulfidation of Mo still lags behind that of Co, resulting in less active phase and a lower activity in thiophene HDS. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Modification of the preparation procedure for increasing the hydrodesulfurisation activity of the CoMo/γ-alumina catalysts

In this work we have examined whether the re-impregnation of CoMo/γ-alumina catalysts or the replacement of the conventional non-dry impregnation step by “equilibrium deposition filtration” (EDF) may be used for improving their surface characteristics and thus their catalytic activity.

Two samples were prepared. In the first sample (EDF) the molybdenum species were mounted by “equilibrium deposition filtration” whereas in the second sample these species were mounted by non-dry impregnation (NDI). In both cases the Co was deposited on the calcined Mo/γ-Al₂O₃ precursor solid by simple dry impregnation. An aliquot of each sample was impregnated again with an amount of pure water equal to its pore volume and then it underwent drying and calcination.

The catalysts prepared were characterized using N₂ adsorption measurements (BET), UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), laser Raman spectroscopy (LRS) and NO chemisorption. The hydrodesulfurization (HDS) activities over the catalysts studied were determined using a continuous-flow tubular fixed-bed microreactor operating in a differential mode at atmospheric pressure.

It was confirmed that the replacement of the conventional impregnation by equilibrium deposition filtration results to catalysts with relatively high active surface and high portion of the well-dispersed octahedral cobalt and thus, to catalysts with 30% higher HDS activity. The re-impregnation resulted to partial dissolution and re-dispersion of the Mo and Co supported oxidic phases. Concerning the NDI catalyst re-impregnation resulted to an increase of the active surface and of the portion of the well-dispersed octahedral cobalt and thus to 25% higher catalytic activity. The opposite effects were observed for the EDF catalyst which exhibited almost 7% lower activity after re-impregnation.     

Effect of catalyst preparation and support composition on hydrodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene and Maya crude oil

Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of dibenzothiophene (DBT) was carried out in a batch reactor at 3.3 MPa and 340 °C. Sulfided catalysts showed a wide range of activity variation as a function of support composition, which established that sulfided active phases strongly depend on the nature and composition of support. The incorporation of MgO, SiO₂, TiO₂ and ZrO₂ with γ-Al₂O₃ alters the nature of active phase interactions on the support surface. Therefore, these oxides play a structural promoting role to the support contribution and its interaction towards the active metal geometry. Different preparation methods of catalysts were carried out by using different additives during the impregnation. It is demonstrated that co-impregnation method found better activity than sequential impregnation. The urea additive prepared catalyst provides promising activity compared with other chelating agents. An Al₂O₃-B₂O₃ mixed oxide supported catalyst was tested at high pressure with real feed (Maya heavy oil diluted with hydrodesulfurized diesel). The mixed oxide supported catalyst showed rapid deactivation with time-on-stream than the alumina supported catalyst that may be due to an enhancement in acidic sites. The activity results demonstrated that the number of catalytic sites is a combination of support composition, additive, impregnation pH, drying and calcinations of catalysts.     

基于镁铝水滑石的Mo/Al2O3-MgO催化剂制备及其加氢脱硫性能

生产低硫或无硫柴油是当今世界范围内清洁燃料发展的趋势,加氢脱硫（HDS）是大规模生产清洁柴油最为有效的技术之一,而研制高活性的HDS催化剂成为该技术的关键。以镁铝水滑石与氧化铝的复合氧化物为载体,通过等体积浸渍法制备了一系列Mo/Al₂O₃-MgO催化剂,以二苯并噻吩（DBT）的正庚烷溶液为原料,在固定床反应器上评价所得催化剂的HDS活性,考察了不同镁铝比的水滑石、焙烧温度和添加量对催化剂物化性质和催化性能的影响。研究结果表明,镁铝比、焙烧温度和添加量均影响催化剂的酸性、金属还原性、硫化性能和MoS₂片晶的堆垛度等,当镁铝摩尔比为3、焙烧温度为800℃、成型时水滑石加入量为10%（质量分数）时,所制备催化剂的HDS活性最高,其脱硫率可达96.2%。这是由于该催化剂的酸性较适宜,活性组分与载体间的相互作用力适中,活性组分更易硫化,有助于提高MoS₂片晶的堆垛度进而改善催化剂的HDS性能。     

钒和钼添加量对乙酸合成催化剂性能的影响

采用等体积浸渍法制备了含金属助剂钒(V)和钼(Mo)的Co-Pd/TiO2催化剂,在固定床反应器装置上考察了该催化剂催化CH4和CO2反应合成乙酸的性能,用XRD,TPD和TPR等技术表征了催化剂.结果表明,V和Mo的加入量能影响载体的结晶度,促进活性金属的还原,调节催化剂表面酸性,提高活性金属在载体表面的分散度,从而影响催化剂的催化活性.     

Mo/REHY催化剂的加氢脱硫性能

将钼酸按溶液与REHY等体积浸渍和焙烧,制备了Mo/REHY催化剂,采用XRD和NH3-TPD对其进行表征.以质量分数0.6%的二苯并噻吩/正癸烷溶液为模型反应物评价其加氢脱硫性能.结果表明,不同焙烧温度制备的Mo/REHY催化剂,归属于REHY的晶相峰保持完好,金属活性组分Mo进入REHY体相超笼,引起REHY分子筛...     

Hydroisomerization of model FCC naphtha over sulfided Co(Ni)–Mo(W)/MCM-41 catalysts

Deep hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of gasoline generally brings about the saturation of olefins and leads to the serious octane number losses. Conversion of linear olefins to branched ones followed by hydrogenation to isoalkanes would minimize such octane number losses. In this work, MCM-41-supported Co–Mo, Ni–Mo and Ni–W catalysts were prepared by the incipient wetness impregnation method, and compared with an industrial Co–Mo/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst. The surface acidities were measured by the techniques of microcalorimetry and infrared spectroscopy for the adsorption of ammonia, and probed by the reaction of conversion of isopropanol. The isomerization and hydrogenation of 1-hexene as well as the HDS of thiophene were studied by using model FCC naphtha. It was found that the sulfidation enhanced significantly the surface Brønsted acidity that favored the skeletal isomerization of 1-hexene under the HDS conditions. Since the isomerization and hydrogenation of 1-hexene are the two competition reactions, the catalysts with relatively lower hydrogenation activity may have higher selectivity to the isomerization reactions. The Co–Mo/MCM-41 showed the high selectivity to the skeletal isomerization reactions due to its strong surface Brønsted acidity and the relatively low hydrogenation activity. On the other hand, the Ni–Mo/MCM-41 exhibited high hydrogenation activity and therefore low selectivity to the isomerization reactions although it possessed quite strong surface Brønsted acidity. The Ni–W/MCM-41 exhibited the low activity for the HDS of thiophene and isomerization of 1-hexene due to the poor dispersion of active metals.     

Synthesis and characterization of P-modified mesoporous CoMo/HMS–Ti catalysts

A hexagonal mesoporous siliceous material with a wormhole framework structure incorporating Ti (HMS-Ti; Si/Ti atomic ratio of 40) was modified with variable amounts of phosphorous and used as support for CoMo phases. The catalysts were prepared by successive impregnation, with Mo being introduced first. The supports and catalysts were characterized by N₂ adsorption–desorption, High-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, FT-IR study of the framework vibrations, DRIFT spectra in the OH region, ¹H NMR, FT-IR spectra of adsorbed NO, micro-Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The catalysts were tested in the reaction of hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of dibenzothiophene (DBT) and their activity compared with that of a commercial P-containing CoMo/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst. The physical and chemical characterization of the P-modified HMS–Ti substrates shows that the presence of P₂O₅ on the support surface does not change its mesoporous character, but modifies its surface properties. In addition, characterization data of the oxide catalysts show that phosphate favors the dispersion of the active phases and increases the population of octahedral Co²⁺ ions associated to Mo species. As a result, HDS activity was strongly enhanced upon P-loading, which reached a maximum of 0.64 wt%. This catalyst is 3.7 times more active than the commercial one and 2.4 times more active than its P-free counterpart. The highest activity of this catalyst was explained in terms of the specific electronic properties of its active phases and the largest Mo surface exposure on the support.     

Supported (NiMo,CoMo)-carbide, -nitride phases: Effect of atomic ratios and phosphorus concentration on the HDS of thiophene and dibenzothiophene

A study on the catalytic properties of the transition metals (Ni,Co,Mo)-carbides, -nitrides for thiophene and dibenzothiophene hydrotreating was conducted. The (Ni,Co)-Mo carbides and the corresponding (Ni,Co)-Mo nitride phases showed a catalytic activity higher than conventional bimetallic (Ni,Co)-Mo sulfides. In addition, a study was done on the effect of the atomic ratios, i.e., 0.1 ≤ M⁺/(M⁺ + Mo) ≤ 0.9 where M⁺ stands for Ni or Co, and the concentration of promoters such as phosphorous, which was a structural stabilizing agent. The catalytic performance of the bimetallic NiMo and CoMo carbides and nitrides was studied using thiophene and dibenzothiophene hydrodesulfurization (HDS) as model reactions at 623 K and P = 1 atm. The catalytic activity of the dispersed carbide and nitride phases on the alumina carrier was more significant than that of the reference catalysts, alumina supported NiMo-S and CoMo-S. The metallic character of the NiMo and CoMo carbides was evidenced by their higher hydrogenation activity in thiophene HDS, while the nitrides favored both hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis type reactions.     

不同担载量介微孔复合分子筛加氢脱硫催化剂性能研究

以ZSM-5/KIT-1(ZK-1)介微孔复合分子筛为载体,采用浸渍法分别制备了金属担载量为8%Mo3%Co,16%Mo6%Co,20%Mo7%Co和24%Mo8%Co的加氢脱硫催化剂。利用X射线衍射(XRD)、N2吸附脱附分析、紫外可见漫反射(UV-vis)表征手段分析其结构;以3%(wt)的CS2/环己烷溶液为硫化液,500×10-6的二苯并噻吩/十氢萘溶液为原料液,在小型固定床反应器中评价催化剂的加氢脱硫反应活性。实验结果表明ZSM-5/KIT-1介微孔复合分子筛作为加氢脱硫催化剂载体具有优异的反应性能。当催化剂的担载量达到20%Mo7%Co时,表现出最佳的加氢脱硫反应活性,脱硫率为93%,高于相同反应条件下的商业用催化剂。     

Rationalizing the catalytic performance of γ-alumina-supported Co(Ni)–Mo(W) HDS catalysts prepared by urea-matrix combustion synthesis

A comparative study of the influence of Co (or Ni) promoter loadings and the effect of different sulfurizing agents and sulfurizing temperatures on the structure, morphology and catalytic performance of Mo- or W-based hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalysts was carried out. Catalyst performance using a tubular fixed-bed reactor and the HDS of thiophene as a model reaction was evaluated. The oxidic and sulfurized states of the HDS catalysts were characterized by laser Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). It has been found that the urea-matrix combustion (UMxC) synthesis is a simple tool for preparing supported catalysts in a short period of thermal treatment. Several consecutive stages such as urea melting, metal precursor dissolution and chemical reactions take place before and upon combustion process. The C₄H₄S/H₂-activated Co- (or Ni-) promoted MoS₂ (or WS₂) catalysts present a strong synergistic effect (SE) when the Co (or Ni)/Mo (or W) molar ratio is near to 0.5, whereas the C₄/C ₄ ⁼ molar ratios display a weak antagonistic effect. Alumina-supported Ni–W catalyst showed an optimal SE 2.5 times higher than those for Co (or Ni)-promoted Mo HDS catalysts. The kinetic parameters for thiophene-HDS reaction were also determined, suggesting that the C–S bond cleavage reaction for alumina-supported Co(Ni)–Mo HDS catalysts and H₂ activation reaction for Ni-promoted WS₂catalysts play an important role in the rate-limiting step.     

Co—Mo系耐硫变换催化剂的TPS表征研究

使用程度升温硫化（ＴＰＳ）实验手段研究了一系列Ｃｏ、Ｍｏ和Ｃｏ－Ｍｏ耐硫变换催化剂。结果表明：Ｃｏ３Ｏ４和ＭｏＯ３的硫化还原温度较高;而负载在载体上的活性组分Ｃｏ、Ｍｏ的硫化还的温度大大降低,而且催化剂的硫化还原反应是多步进行的,受Ｏ－Ｓ交换反应控制。