Inhibiting effect of H2S on the DBT HDS activity of Ru-based catalysts—effect of the Cs addition

Autor: Masato Yamaguchi, Toshiaki Kabe, Atsushi Ishihara, Eika W. Qian, Jeayoung Lee, Shigeki Hirao, Franck Dumeignil
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Journal of Catalysis. 224:243-251
ISSN: 0021-9517
Popis: The effect of the Cs addition on the H 2 S inhibition and subsequently on the DBT HDS activity over Ru-based catalysts was investigated. In good agreement with a previous study, the HDS activity over a Ru catalyst containing cesium was much higher than that over the same Ru catalyst without cesium. On the other hand, the HDS activity of the RuCs catalyst was more inhibited by H 2 S than that of the Ru catalyst at 260 °C. Thus, kinetic parameters were calculated using a Langmuir–Hinshelwood model to determine the mechanism of the H 2 S inhibition over Ru and RuCs catalysts. We found that the heats of adsorption of DBT and H 2 S on the RuCs catalyst were higher than on the Ru catalyst, indicating that the sulfur-containing species adsorb more strongly on the catalyst containing cesium. Subsequently, the role of cesium in the RuCs catalyst on the DBT HDS activity was investigated by using 35 S-tracer experiments. The results suggested that while the RuCs catalyst was more inhibited by H 2 S, the RuS bonds were more stable on this catalyst than on the Ru catalyst. This RuS bond stabilization was responsible for the stabilization of the active phase, which allowed creation of a greater amount of sulfur atoms potentially labile. Thus, that explained the better HDS activity over the RuCs catalyst than over the Ru catalyst, despite a greater H 2 S inhibition on the former.
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