Y/composite titania-silica (CTS) supported catalyst for hydrotreating coker gas oil

Abstract

Y/composite titania-silica (CTS) support was prepared by the in situ growth of CTS on HY zeolite. The effects of HY zeolite pretreatment and Y/CTS modification with P and F for adjusting the acidity of the support were studied. The results showed that the structure of Y/CTS was in the form of CTS as shell and HY zeolite particles as core. The content of HY zeolite affected the acidity, acidity distribution and pore structure of Y/CTS. The density of strong acid sites on the HY zeolite surface could be partly reduced by dealumination with citric acid. This reduced the CTS coverage on the outer surface of the HY zeolite, leading to the increased acidity of Y/CTS. The acidity distribution of the support could also be adjusted by P and F modification. Hydrotreating catalysts were prepared with Y/CTS as support. The catalysts were tested using the hydrotreating reaction of a coker gas oil (CGO). The experimental results showed that the catalyst hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) performance could be remarkably improved by adjusting the acidity of the catalyst support via HY zeolite pretreatment and P and F modification. The catalysts with proper Brönsted (B) acidity and Lewis (L) acidity behaved well in hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and HDN performances.