TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultra-deep desulfurization of ultra-low sulfur diesel over nickel-based sorbents in the presence of hydrogen for fuel cell applications
AU - Sentorun-Shalaby, Cigdem
AU - Ma, Xiaoliang
AU - Song, Chunshan
PY - 2011/8/25
Y1 - 2011/8/25
N2 - This study explored the addition of H2 to improve the sorption performance of the nickel-based sorbents in ultra-deep desulfurization of ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD). The desulfurization of ULSD over Raney Nickel and Ni20/SBA-15 was conducted in a fixed-bed sorption system at 220 °C and ambient pressure in the absence and presence of H2. Addition of very small amount of H2 into the sorption system significantly increases the adsorptive capacity of the nickel-based sorbents for desulfurization of ULSD. The improvement of the sorption performance is through accelerating the C-S bond cracking of the adsorbed sulfur compounds to release the corresponding hydrocarbon part from the surface, and thus to provide more exposed nickel atoms on the surface to interact with other sulfur compounds. Each kilogram of the prepared Ni20/SBA-15 sorbent in the presence of H2 is able to treat about 240 L of the commercial ULSD with sulfur content of 14.5 ppmw to get a desulfurized fuel with sulfur content less than 1 ppmw.
AB - This study explored the addition of H2 to improve the sorption performance of the nickel-based sorbents in ultra-deep desulfurization of ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD). The desulfurization of ULSD over Raney Nickel and Ni20/SBA-15 was conducted in a fixed-bed sorption system at 220 °C and ambient pressure in the absence and presence of H2. Addition of very small amount of H2 into the sorption system significantly increases the adsorptive capacity of the nickel-based sorbents for desulfurization of ULSD. The improvement of the sorption performance is through accelerating the C-S bond cracking of the adsorbed sulfur compounds to release the corresponding hydrocarbon part from the surface, and thus to provide more exposed nickel atoms on the surface to interact with other sulfur compounds. Each kilogram of the prepared Ni20/SBA-15 sorbent in the presence of H2 is able to treat about 240 L of the commercial ULSD with sulfur content of 14.5 ppmw to get a desulfurized fuel with sulfur content less than 1 ppmw.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:80051877507
JO - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
JF - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
SN - 0065-7727
T2 - 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition
Y2 - 27 March 2011 through 31 March 2011
ER -