Hierarchically macro-/mesoporous structured Co-Mo-Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalyst for the hydrodesulfurization of thiophene

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 444-451

  Huang, Yongli ^a   Zhou, Zhiming ^a   Qi, Yang ^a   Li, Xun ^b   Cheng, Zhenmin ^a   Yuan, Weikang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Diffusion; Hierarchically macro mesoporous; Hydrodesulfurization; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; APPARENT KINETICS; COMMERCIAL CATALYST; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR; HIERARCHICALLY MACRO-/MESOPOROUS; HYDRODESULFURIZATION ACTIVITY; INTRINSIC KINETICS; MACROPORES; MACROPOROUS; MESO-PORES; NOVEL CATALYSTS; PARALLEL ARRAYS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROUS STRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; THIOPHENE HYDRODESULFURIZATION; HIERARCHICALLY POROUS;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; DESORPTION; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PELLETIZING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIOPHENE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; DIFFUSION; ENZYME KINETICS; POROSITY;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 79961011446     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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