Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 447-453.

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Preparation of TiO2-Al2O3 Support and Simultaneous Hydrodesulfurization and Hydrodenitrogenation over Ni2P/TiO2-Al2O3 Catalyst

SONG Hua1,* , YU Hongkun1, WU Xianchun2, GUO Yuntao1   

  1. 1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Daqing Petroleum Institute, Daqing 163318, Heilongjiang, China 2Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Texas 77843-3122, USA
  • Received:2010-04-25 Online:2010-04-25 Published:2013-10-08

Abstract: Simultaneous hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) over Ni2P/TiO2-Al2O3 were investigated. The catalyst prepared from TiO2-Al2O3 composite oxide support with 80% TiO2 exhibited the highest activity for thiophene HDS and pyridine HDN.

Key words: nickel phosphide, titania, alumina, thiophene, hydrodesulfurization, pyridine, hydrodenitrogenation