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Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 88 ›› Issue (12): 310-320.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2025.07.012

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Impact of sugar type on thiophene hydrodesulfurization performance of three-dimensional porous CoMo bulk catalysts prepared via the sugar foaming method

Yeqiang Du1, Fanfang Meng2, Wenjing Song1, Longzhou Ren1, Qinqin Zhang3, Liancheng Bing1, Fang Wang1, Guangjian Wang1, Haitao Fu4, Dezhi Han1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Polymer and Manufacturing Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China;
    2. Petrochemical Research Institute, PetroChina, Beijing 102206, China;
    3. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, College of Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China;
    4. School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
  • Received:2025-04-01 Revised:2025-07-21 Accepted:2025-07-27 Online:2025-08-16 Published:2026-02-09
  • Contact: Dezhi Han,E-mail:handzh@qust.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2022MB019, ZR2021MB134) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22008131, 51974086).

Impact of sugar type on thiophene hydrodesulfurization performance of three-dimensional porous CoMo bulk catalysts prepared via the sugar foaming method

Yeqiang Du1, Fanfang Meng2, Wenjing Song1, Longzhou Ren1, Qinqin Zhang3, Liancheng Bing1, Fang Wang1, Guangjian Wang1, Haitao Fu4, Dezhi Han1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Polymer and Manufacturing Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China;
    2. Petrochemical Research Institute, PetroChina, Beijing 102206, China;
    3. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, College of Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China;
    4. School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
  • 通讯作者: Dezhi Han,E-mail:handzh@qust.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2022MB019, ZR2021MB134) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22008131, 51974086).

Abstract: The dispersibility of active components in hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalysts significantly influences the corresponding catalytic performance. In this study, sugar-based materials (glucose, chitosan, soluble starch, and corn starch) were utilized to prepare CoMo bulk HDS catalysts through a sugar foaming process. The foaming intermediates were analyzed using TG, FTIR, and Raman techniques to investigate the pyrolysis and carbonization process, revealing the presence of graphitic carbon in the 3DPG, 3DPSS, and 3DPCS catalysts even after calcination in an air atmosphere. The catalysts were further characterized using SEM, XRD, TEM, low-temperature N2 physical adsorption, and XPS. The 3DPSS catalyst exhibited a thiophene conversion of 94.8% at 360 ℃ and 1 MPa, which could be ascribed to its unique three-dimensional pore structure, high dispersion of MoS2 (0.21), and high fraction of Mo4+ (83.14%). This study demonstrates the potential of using the sugar foaming technique to develop highly efficient HDS catalysts and provides new insights into the relationship between the physicochemical properties of the obtained catalysts and their catalytic performance.

Key words: HDS, Catalyst, Fixed-bed, Sugar foaming, Three-dimensional porous structure

摘要: The dispersibility of active components in hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalysts significantly influences the corresponding catalytic performance. In this study, sugar-based materials (glucose, chitosan, soluble starch, and corn starch) were utilized to prepare CoMo bulk HDS catalysts through a sugar foaming process. The foaming intermediates were analyzed using TG, FTIR, and Raman techniques to investigate the pyrolysis and carbonization process, revealing the presence of graphitic carbon in the 3DPG, 3DPSS, and 3DPCS catalysts even after calcination in an air atmosphere. The catalysts were further characterized using SEM, XRD, TEM, low-temperature N2 physical adsorption, and XPS. The 3DPSS catalyst exhibited a thiophene conversion of 94.8% at 360 ℃ and 1 MPa, which could be ascribed to its unique three-dimensional pore structure, high dispersion of MoS2 (0.21), and high fraction of Mo4+ (83.14%). This study demonstrates the potential of using the sugar foaming technique to develop highly efficient HDS catalysts and provides new insights into the relationship between the physicochemical properties of the obtained catalysts and their catalytic performance.

关键词: HDS, Catalyst, Fixed-bed, Sugar foaming, Three-dimensional porous structure