TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance Testing of Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts Using a Single-Pellet-String Reactor
AU - Moonen, Roel
AU - Ras, Erik Jan
AU - Harvey, Clare
AU - Alles, Jeroen
AU - Moulijn, Jacob A.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - Small-scale parallel trickle-bed reactors were used to evaluate the performance of a commercial hydrodesulfurization catalyst under industrially relevant conditions. Catalyst extrudates were loaded as a single string in reactor tubes. It is demonstrated that product sulfur levels and densities obtained with the single-pellet-string reactor are close to the results obtained in a bench-scale fixed-bed reactor operated under the same conditions. Moreover, parallel single-pellet-string reactors show high reproducibility. To study the hydrodynamic effects of the catalyst-bed packing, the catalyst-bed length was varied by loading different amounts of catalysts, and crushed catalyst was also loaded.
AB - Small-scale parallel trickle-bed reactors were used to evaluate the performance of a commercial hydrodesulfurization catalyst under industrially relevant conditions. Catalyst extrudates were loaded as a single string in reactor tubes. It is demonstrated that product sulfur levels and densities obtained with the single-pellet-string reactor are close to the results obtained in a bench-scale fixed-bed reactor operated under the same conditions. Moreover, parallel single-pellet-string reactors show high reproducibility. To study the hydrodynamic effects of the catalyst-bed packing, the catalyst-bed length was varied by loading different amounts of catalysts, and crushed catalyst was also loaded.
KW - Catalysts
KW - Fixed bed
KW - Hydrodesulfurization
KW - Reactors
KW - Single-Pellet String
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U2 - 10.1002/ceat.201700098
DO - 10.1002/ceat.201700098
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032210643
SN - 0930-7516
VL - 40
SP - 2025
EP - 2034
JO - Chemical Engineering and Technology
JF - Chemical Engineering and Technology
IS - 11
ER -