Relation of catalyst activity to sintering, carbon deposition, and sulfur poisoning for carbon monoxide hydrogenation by using commercial nickel catalysts

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · AIChE Natl. Meet.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6077129

Hawkins, R J; Hopper, J R

The relation of catalyst activity to sintering, carbon deposition, and sulfur poisoning for carbon monoxide hydrogenation by using commercial nickel catalysts, including the kieselguhr-supported Harshaw Ni-101, -104, and -108 and Girdler G-49B and the refractory-supported Girdler G-33, was studied in a flow reactor. The metal surface area on sintering at 900 - 1000 F decreased linearly with sintering time (except for G-33 whose area first increased and then decreased after 11 hr), and the catalyst deactivation in CO methanation experiments at 550 F and 4:1 H/sup 2/CO, was proportional to the metal area reduction. The amount of carbon deposited on the Ni-104 catalyst during CO methanation at 650 F and 2:1 H/sup 2/CO remained constant at approx. 0.2% by wt for 5 hr and then increased exponentially, but the conversion of CO decreased linearly for up to 25 hr. On the addition of n-butyl mercaptan at 1 or 5 ppm sulfur into the reaction system at 550 F and 4:1 H/sub 2/-CO the weight of sulfur on the catalyst (Ni-104) reached a plateau value: CO conversion decreased from 11 to 8% and then stabilized after about ten hours on stream. However, at 25 ppm, sulfur deposition and catalyst deactivation increased steadily for 25 hr. Calculations showed that the maximum tolerance level for this catalyst is 16 ppm sulfur.

• OSTI ID: 6077129
• Report Number(s): CONF-790405-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIChE Natl. Meet.; (United States) Journal Volume: 10d
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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