TUNGSTEN AND RHENIUM AS HYDROGENATION AGENTS IN THE HYDRODENITROGENATION OF PYRIDINE USING STACKED BED CATALYST SYSTEMS
This study analyses the hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) of pyridine using a stacked bed catalyst system, composed of a first hydrogenating bed of Re/γ-Al2O3 or W/γ-Al2O3, over a second bed of Ni-Re/γ-Al2O3 (HDN bed). Using potentiometric methods, it can be seen that the Re/γ-Al2O3 shows higher acidic strength than the W/γ-Al2O3. The results show that higher activity levels are obtained working with stacked bed systems compared to the separate catalysts. These results suggest that the incorporation of the catalyst Re/γ-Al2O3 or W/γ-Al2O3 beds would favour the formation of hydrogenated intermediary products, facilitating the removal of N-containing molecules via HDN on the Ni-Re/γ-Al2O3 catalyst.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedad Chilena de Química
2015
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-97072015000200015 |
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