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Quinoline hydrodenitrogenation kinetics and reaction inhibition

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6229440

Quinoline hydrodenitrogenation kinetics and reaction inhibition are studied in a unique high-pressure liquid-phase flow microreactor and in a batch autoclave at 350/sup 0/C and 34 atm over presulfided commercial nickel-molybdenum/..gamma..-alumina catalysts. Hydrodenitrogenation of quinoline and its methyl-substituted derivatives involved hydrogenation of the nitrogen-containing ring followed by carbon-nitrogen bond scission. Methyl substitution had only secondary effects on the hydrodenitrogenation kinetics. Quinoline inhibited hydrodesulfurization, carbon-nitrogen bond scission, and particularly hydrogenation. The inhibition pattern indicated that hydrogenation of aromatics and of the aromatic ring in nitrogen- and sulfur-containing compounds occurs on the same catalytic site, whereas direct sulfur removal occurs on a different site.

OSTI ID:
6229440
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English