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Letter
Sulfur-tolerant PdPt/Al2 O3 B2 O3 catalyst for aromatic hydrogenation
Hiroyuki Yasuda a, , Takashi Kameoka b , Toshio Sato a , Norihito Kijima a , Yuji Yoshimura a
a National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
b Catalysts & Chemicals Ind. Co., Ltd., 13-2 Kitaminato-Machi, Wakamatsu-Ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0027, Japan
Received 9 April 1999; received in revised form 19 May 1999; accepted 19 May 1999
Abstract
Hydrogenation of tetralin was done over a bimetallic PdPt catalyst supported on amorphous Al2 O3 B2 O3 at a hydrogen
pressure of 3.9 MPa at 553 K in the presence of dibenzothiophene (sulfur content of 500 ppm by weight). The resulting
activity and selectivity were compared with those for PdPt supported on amorphous SiO2 Al2 O3 , -Al2 O3 , SiO2 , and USY
zeolites. PdPt/Al2 O3 B2 O3 had high sulfur tolerance; it showed higher activity than PdPt/SiO2 Al2 O3 , PdPt/-Al2 O3 ,
PdPt/SiO2 , or PdPt/USY (SiO2 /Al2 O3 = 680), but slightly lower activity than PdPt/USY (SiO2 /Al2 O3 = 40). Furthermore,
PdPt/Al2 O3 B2 O3 showed excellent hydrogenation selectivity. This catalytic system, therefore, is promising for practically
reducing the aromatics in diesel fuels. 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords: PdPt; Amorphous Al2 O3 B2 O3 ; Tetralin hydrogenation; Sulfur tolerance
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2. Experimental
Table 1
Tetralin hydrogenation activity and selectivity over supported PdPt catalystsa
Catalyst Dispersion Conversion of tetralin (%) Selectivity to decalinsb (%) TOF (102 h1 ) Residual conversion
SiO2 /Al2 O3 ratio of USY [11,13]; the activity is max- tetralin in the presence of DBT, and showed excellent
imum in the SiO2 /Al2 O3 range of 1540, whereas the hydrogenation selectivity. These results demonstrate
selectivity reaches almost 100% at the SiO2 /Al2 O3 the promise of using this catalytic system for practi-
ratio of 680. In this study, PdPt/Al2 O3 B2 O3 was less cally reducing the aromatics in diesel fuels.
active than PdPt/USY (SiO2 /Al2 O3 = 40, abbreviated
as USY-40), but much more active than PdPt/USY
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