Abstract
Individual and simultaneous hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of dibenzothiophene (DBT) and hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) of carbozole reactions have been studied in the presence of hydrogen (P=55bar) at 310°C in a batch reactor over a series of sulfided NiMo/P/Al-HMS catalysts modified with phosphorus (0.5–2.0wt%). Both oxidic precursors and sulfide catalysts have been characterized by specific surface area, XRD, Raman, TPD-NH3, HRTEM, XPS and IR spectroscopy of adsorbed pyridine. Regardless of the reaction studied, all P-containing catalysts showed higher activity than that to the P-free one. The catalyst modified with optimized amount of P (1wt%) the best HDS activity and exhibited a lowest inhibition factor during simultaneous HDS and HDN, which was close to that of a commercial NiMo/Al2O3 sulfide catalyst. This was linked with formation of irregular MoS2 structures having high concentration of brim sites as well as with its largest total acidity.
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