Monday, April 22, 2013

Beneficial effects of polycyclic aromatics on oxidative desulfurization of light cycle oil over phosphotungstic acid (PTA) catalyst

CATEGORY: DESULFURIZATION
Fuel Processing Technology, Volume 114, October 2013, Pages 1–5
Beneficial effects of polycyclic aromatics on oxidative desulfurization of light cycle oil over phosphotungstic acid (PTA) catalyst
Gwang-Nam Yun, Yong-Kul Lee
Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Energy and Environment, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dankook University, 126 Jukjeondong, Yongin 448-701, Republic of Korea
Abstract
Researchers fabricated an amphiphilic phosphotungstic acid catalyst (A-PTA) with quaternary ammonium salt for the oxidative desulfurization (ODS) of light cycle oil (LCO).  This produced high activity of the ODS conversion of 95%, at H2O2/S ratio of 10 and 353 K.
The model reaction tests for the ODS of refractory sulfur compounds in n-octane demonstrated that the addition of indole drastically reduced overall ODS conversion.  At the same time, while the introduction of 1-ethylnaphthalene fully recovered the ODS activity.  This is due to the high solubility of the oxidized S or N compounds in the 2-ring aromatics.
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