Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (2): 240-249.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60171-4

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Effect of Alumina Supports on the Formation of Active Phase of Selective Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts Co-Mo/Al2O3

Qiherima1,3, LI Huifeng2, YUAN Hui2, ZHANG Yunhong1, XU Guangtong2,*   

  1. 1The Institute for Chemical Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; 2Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, China; 3Department of Pharmacy, Inner Mongolia Medical College, Hohhot 010059, Inner Mongolia, China
  • Received:2010-09-21 Revised:2010-10-21 Online:2011-01-26 Published:2014-06-25

Abstract: Two different commercial alumina supports were used for the preparation of selective hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalysts Co-Mo/Al2O3. The effect of support properties on the HDS activity and selectivity of the corresponding Co-Mo catalysts were studied by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy- energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The HDS activity and selectivity were measured using a continuous flow fixed-bed microreactor. The Al2O3 support with higher crystallinity and fewer hydroxyl groups had a moderate metal-support interaction, which resulted in an increase of the average slab length and stacking number of MoS2. This gave more formation of the active CoMoS phase and an increase in HDS activity and selectivity.

Key words: alumina, property, cobalt, molybdenum, hydrodesulfurization, active phase