Petroleum Processing and Petrochemicals ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4): 55-61.

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COAL TAR HYDROCRACKING OF ZEOLITE-CONTAINING CATALYST PREPARED BY TUNGSTEN FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES AND MODIFIED BY PHOSPHORUS

  

  • Received:2014-10-09 Revised:2014-12-08 Online:2015-04-12 Published:2015-03-20

Abstract: Ni-W hydrocracking catalysts were prepared by co-impregnation method on the carrier consisted of ZSM-5, USY zeolites and Al2O3 using ammonium metatungstate and phosphotungstic acid as tungsten source, respectively and then modified by phosphorus. The catalysts were characterized by BET, NH3-TPD, Py-IR, XRD, XPS and HRTEM techniques. The hydrocracking performance of the catalysts was evaluated in a fixed-bed reactor, using a hydrotreated diesel fraction obtained from middle/low-temperature coal coking process. The catalyst using phosphotungstic acid as tungsten source exhibits a higher sulfidation degree of W and Ni, resulting in higher hydrocracking activity. The total aromatics contents in the hydrocracked products are decreased by 7.06% and the total saturated hydrocarbon contents are increased by 6.70%, compared with the catalyst using ammonium metatungstate as tungsten source. The addition of phosphorus increases the strength of weak and moderate strong acid, improves the B acid ratio and the sulfidation level of W and Ni of the catalyst prepared using ammonium tungstate as tungsten source, thus enhances its hydrocracking activity. On the P modified catalyst, the total aromatics content in the hydrocracked products was decreased by 7.90% and the total saturated hydrocarbon contents are increased by 7.54%.