Thiophene hydrodesulfurization over cobalt oxide loaded smectite clay minerals

Eiji Iwamatsu*, Syed A. Ali, Mohammad E. Biswas, Shakeel Ahmed, Halim Hamid, Yuzo Sanada, Toshikazu Yoneda

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Abstract

Co oxide loaded smectite clay minerals catalysts showed high hydrodesulfurization (HDS) activity of thiophene used as a model compound. Among these catalysts, HDS activity of Co oxide loaded porous saponite was higher than CoMo/Al2O3 which is known to be a highly active catalyst for HDS. Further, HDS activity was increased by the calcination up to 600°C before Co oxide loading. MgO content was decreased and CoO content was increased with increasing calcination temperature up to 600°C before Co oxide loading. These catalysts were characterized by means of XRD and XPS. The correlation between the characteristics of catalysts and their activities were discussed. It can be concluded that (1) there are two types of Co oxide species : between the clay layers due to ion exchange with Na : and at the edge of the clay layer due to ion exchange with Mg, and (2) the latter type is highly active for thiophene HDS reaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)543-546
Number of pages4
JournalACS Division of Fuel Chemistry, Preprints
Volume43
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1998

Keywords

  • Clay
  • Cobalt
  • Hydrodesulfurization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Energy

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