scholarly journals Recycling the CoMo/Al2O3 catalyst for effectively hydro-upgrading shale oil with high sulfur content and viscosity

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (61) ◽  
pp. 37287-37298
Author(s):  
Suleiman Sabo Bello ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Mengjuan Zhang ◽  
Zhennan Han ◽  
Lei Shi ◽  
...  

The CoMo/Al2O3 catalyst was used to upgrade shale oil. Sulfur removal was increased on the spent catalyst. The transition of oxidic Mo-species into active phase MoS2 was observed with recycling. The high sulfidation degree of the CoMo/Al2O3 suppressed deactivation by coking.

Catalysts ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Frontera ◽  
Anastasia Macario ◽  
Angela Malara ◽  
Saveria Santangelo ◽  
Claudia Triolo ◽  
...  

The present work concerns the characterization of trimetallic nickel catalysts, NiMoRe (Nickel/Molybdenum/Rhenium), NiMoCu (Nickel/Molybdenum/Copper) and NiMoCo (Nickel/Molybdenum/Cobalt), supported on gadolinia-doped ceria and the evaluation of their catalytic performance in the auto-thermal reforming of ethanol to hydrogen. Catalysts have been prepared by wet impregnation and characterized by XRD, SEM-EDX, TG-DSC, TEM, CHNS, H2-TPR and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The resistance of Ni-alloy catalysts to the carbon deposition and sulfur poisoning has been studied. All catalysts show a similar behavior in the auto-thermal reforming reaction: 100% of ethanol conversion and high selectivity to syngas products, up to 77 vol.%. At 800 °C the coke deposition is very low (less than 0.34 wt%). Sulfur content affects the selectivity and the activity of the catalysts, especially towards the coke formation: high sulfur content promotes the ethylene formation, therefore the amount of coke deposited on spent catalyst increases. NiMoCu seems to be the trimetallic catalyst less sensitive to this aspect.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4(Suppl.)) ◽  
pp. 1557
Author(s):  
Dalya Jasim Ahmed ◽  
Basim Ibrahim Al-Abdaly ◽  
Sattar Jalil Hussein

   A new nano-sized NiMo/TiO2-γ-Al2O3 was prepared as a Hydrodesulphurization catalyst for Iraqi gas oil with sulfur content of 8980 ppm, supplied from Al-Dura Refinery. Sol-gel method was used to prepare TiO2- γ-Al2O3 nano catalyst support with 64% TiO2, 32% Al2O3, Ni-Mo/TiO-γ-Al2O3 catalyst was prepared under vacuum impregnation conditions to loading metals with percentage 3.8 wt.% and 14 wt.% for nickel and molybdenum respectively while the percentage for alumina, and titanium became 21.7, and 58.61 respectively. The synthesized TiO2- γ-Al2O3 nanocomposites and Ni-Mo /TiO2- γ-Al2O3 Nano catalyst were then characterized by XRD, AFM, and BET surface area, SEM, XRF, and FTIR. The performance of the synthesized catalyst for removing sulfur compounds was conducted through the pilot HDS laboratory unit, various temperatures range 275oC to 375°C, LHSV 1 h-1 were studied; moreover, the effect of LHSV 1 to 4 h-1 on the percentage of sulfur removal was also studied at the temperature of the best removal with constant pressure 35 bar and H2/HC ratio 200cm3/200cm3. The sulfur content results generally revealed that there was a substantial decrease at all operating conditions used, while the maximum sulfur removal was 87.75% in gas oil on Ni-Mo/TiO2-γ-Al2O3 catalyst at temperature 375˚C and LHSV 1h-1.


2019 ◽  
Vol 493 ◽  
pp. 533-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnny Muya Chabu ◽  
Ke Zeng ◽  
Wansong Chen ◽  
Abdulhadi Mustapha ◽  
Yajuan Li ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 1107 ◽  
pp. 341-346
Author(s):  
Wan Nazwanie Wan Abdullah ◽  
Rusmidah Ali ◽  
Wan Azelee Wan Abu Bakar

Due to the low specifications for sulfur content in diesel, a lot of research work are been conducted to develop alternative method for desulfurization. Catalytic oxidative desulfurization (Cat-ODS) has been found to be an alternative method to replace a conventional method which is hydrodesulfurization.New catalyst formulation using tert-butyl hydroperoxide polymolybdate based catalyst system was investigated in this research utilizing tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as oxidant and dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent for extraction. A series of polymolybdate supported alumina catalysts were prepared using wet impregnation method, ageing at ambient room temperature for 24 hours and followed by calcination process. A commercial diesel with 440 ppmw of total sulfur was employed to evaluate the elimination of sulfur compounds. Besides, the percentage of sulfur removal was measured by gas chromatography-flame photometric detector (GC-FPD). The sulfur content in commercial diesel was successfully reduced from 440 ppmw to 35 ppmw under mild condition followed by solvent extraction. From catalytic testing, Mo-Al2O3 calcined at 500°C was revealed as the most potential catalyst which gave 92% of sulfur removal.


Catalysts ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abdus Salam ◽  
Derek Creaser ◽  
Prakhar Arora ◽  
Stefanie Tamm ◽  
Eva Lind Grennfelt ◽  
...  

Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) activity of a typical hydrotreating catalyst, sulfided NiMo/γ-Al2O3 for deoxygenation of a fatty acid has been explored in a batch reactor at 54 bar and 320 °C in the presence of contaminants, like phospholipids, which are known to be present in renewable feeds. Oleic acid was used for the investigation. Freshly sulfided catalyst showed a high degree of deoxygenation activity; products were predominantly composed of alkanes (C17 and C18). Experiments with a major phospholipid showed that activity for C17 was greatly reduced while activity to C18 was not altered significantly in the studied conditions. Characterization of the spent catalyst revealed the formation of aluminum phosphate (AlPO4), which affects the active phase dispersion, blocks the active sites, and causes pore blockage. In addition, choline, formed from the decomposition of phospholipid, partially contributes to the observed deactivation. Furthermore, a direct correlation was observed in the accumulation of coke on the catalyst and the amount of phospholipid introduced in the feed. We therefore propose that the reason for the increased deactivation is due to the dual effects of an irreversible change in phase to aluminum phosphate and the formation of choline.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-106
Author(s):  
Nada Sadoon Ahmed zeki ◽  
Sattar Jalil Hussein ◽  
Khalifa K. Aoyed ◽  
Saad Kareem Ibrahim ◽  
Ibtissam K. Mehawee

This work deals with the hydrodesulfurization of three types of naphtha feedstocks; mixednaphtha (WN), heavy naphtha (HN) & light naphtha (LN) with a sulfur content of 1642.1,1334.9 & 709 ppm respectively, obtained from Missan refinery using prepared Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3catalyst. The Iraqi white kaolin was used as a starting material for the preparation of γ-Al2O3support, transferring kaolin to meta-kaolin was studied through calcination at differenttemperatures and durations, kaolin structure was investigated using X-Ray diffractiontechniques.High purity 94.83%. Crystalline γ-Al2O3 with a surface area of 129.91 m2/gm, pore volume0.9002 cm3/g was synthesized by extraction of Iraqi kaolin with H2SO4 at different acid to clayweight ratios, acid concentrations & leaching time. Ethanol was used as precipitating agent; theresultant gel was dried and calcined at 70OC, 10 hrs & 900 OC, 2 hrs respectively.The effects of different parameters on the average crystallinity and extraction % ofsynthesized γ-Al2O3 were studied like; acid: clay ratio, sulfuric acid concentration, leachingtime, leaching temperature & kaolin conversion to metakaolin. Characterization of prepared γ-Al2O3 & Co-Mo catalyst were achieved by X-ray diffraction, FTIR-spectra, texture properties& BET surface area, BJH N2 adsorption porosity, AFM, SEM, crush strength & XRF tests. Co-Mo/ γ-Al2O3 catalyst with final loading 5.702 wt% and 21.45 wt% of Co and Mo oxidesrespectively was prepared by impregnation methods.The activity of prepared Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3 catalyst after moulding to be tested forhydrodesulfurization (HDS) of naphtha feedstock W.N, H.N & L.N was performed using apilot hydrotreating unit at petroleum research & development centre, at different operatingconditions. Effects of temperature, LHSV, pressure, time & pore size distribution were studied,the best percentage of sulfur removal is increased with decreasing LHSV to 2 hr-1 as a generaltrend to be 89.71, 99.72, 99.20 % at 310oC for the whole naphtha, heavy naphtha and lightnaphtha feedstocks respectively, at 34 bar pressure and 200/200 cm3/cm3 H2/HC ratio.


2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (16) ◽  
pp. 1777-1781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Smith ◽  
Xiaofeng Wu ◽  
Neil G. Berry ◽  
Tom Hasell

Author(s):  
Wu Liu ◽  
Jianfeng Shang ◽  
Hongsong Wang ◽  
Donghui Zhao ◽  
Yu Zou

Abstract The gathering and transportation pipeline known as Line 1 of Puguang gas field havs the characteristics of wet gathering and transportation containing high sulfur content, large drops and effusion in low-lying areas. In the process of one pigging operation on the site, the surge volume provided by the No. 1 separator in the master gas gathering station was not effectively utilized and the time intervals for the neighboring pipeline sections were too long. In this paper, we designed several pigging proposals. OLGA was applied to analyze the operating parameter changes for the gathering and transportation pipeline Line 1, which finally determined a reasonable pigging sequence. We designed and selected the "critical pigging proposal", which the time duration for the pigging operation of the seven pipeline sections was decreased to 16.91h. Guided by the "critical pigging proposal", the downstream pipeline sections will be challenged by the risks of ice blockage. The ground eddy device was improved in the article, for the purpose of draining effusions in low-lying areas in the Puguang gas field and controlling the slug flow. In addition, the application effects of the device were analyzed.


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