Pathways to Better Stability of Catalysts for Reforming of Gasoline Fractions

Abstract

Adsorbents AS-31 and AKD-981 based on zinc oxide and alumina are described. They are used in the purification of hydrogen-containing gas of reforming from hydrogen sulfide at 20–120°C and pressures up to 4 MPa. The second of these adsorbents is capable of forming weak adsorption complexes with hydrogen sulfide and can be recovered 2–3 more times than the first one. To remove sulfur-containing compounds from the gaseous feed of reforming at 350–450°C, the KAS-50 catalyst/adsorbent is proposed, which is prepared by mixing manganese dioxide and aluminum hydroxide. The sulfur capacity of this catalyst is ∼20%. New platinum–rhenium reforming catalysts KR-200 and KR-201 are proposed, which have higher stability when they work with purified feedstock. The concentration of the active catalyst is the same or lower, and these catalysts show better activity than their predecessors. All catalysts and adsorbents are tested and work in industry.