Control of catalytic hydrotreating selectivity with ammonia. Final technical report
The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of control of product selectivity in the hydroprocessing of coal liquids and related substances by adding small amounts of ammonia. Quinoline was used in this study and in many others as representative of heterocyclic N compounds found in coal liquids. Coal liquids also contain hydroxy pyridines, but by studies with 8-OH quinoline, a representative compound (Part I), we demonstrated that the OH group was rapidly removed at the beginning of reaction to form quinoline, which reacted in the same manner as quinoline fed as such. In Part II we showed that in a mixture of naphthalene and quinoline, with the addition of ammonia there is an operating region in which complete HDN of quinoline can be achieved, but with greater conversion of naphthalene to tetralin instead of to decalin than was the case in the absence of added ammonia. This is of some significance to coal liquefaction since tetralin is a good hydrogen donor, but decalin is not. In Part III we showed that NH{sub 3} addition to a mixture of quinoline and phenanthrene provides an operating region where complete HDN of quinoline can be achieved with reduced formation of hydrogenated phenanthrenes and cracking to biphenyl. Part IV, a study of the hydrodeoxygenation (DHO) of dibenzofuran in the presence of naphthalene, showed that NH{sub 3} strongly inhibits HDO reactions and its effects on naphthalene here were much the same as in Part II. In Part V it was demonstrated that in the hydrotreating of propylbenzene, the addition of ammonia increased the selectivity towards ring hydrogenation (generally desired for reformulated motor fuels) and away from dealkylation (generally undesired), but the overall reaction rate at a fixed temperature drops substantially.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG22-89PC89775
- OSTI ID:
- 10156311
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/89775--T1; ON: DE94012783; BR: AA1525050
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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