Boron-Induced Surface Defects in Petcoke as Active Centers for Aerobic Oxidative Desulfurization

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作者
Das, Bikashbindu [1 ]
Ahmed, Ahmed Magdy Abdelaziz [1 ]
Hill, Josephine M. [1 ]
Ponnurangam, Sathish [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calgary, Schulich Sch Engn, Dept Chem & Petr Engn, Calgary, AB T2N IN4, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
MIXED-METAL OXIDES; CARBON MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE; CATALYST; OXYGEN; DIESEL; FUEL; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; SITES;
D O I
10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c02580
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Use of metal-free carbonaceous catalysts for efficient sulfur (S) removal from fuel through oxidative desulfurization (ODS), especially using stable oxygen (O-2), is limited and challenging as a result of their low O-2 activation efficiency. Instead, a considerable amount of research in this area was dedicated to less green peroxide-assisted oxidation as a result of their easier activation than O-2 by various metal/metal-free catalysts. In this study, we have synthesized a novel carbonaceous metal-free catalyst from petcoke (PC), a waste from the oil refinery process. The surface of PC was modified by doping heteroatom boron (B) through a solvent-free mechanochemical approach. B-doping-induced defects were hypothesized to generate electron redistribution over the adjacent carbon atoms in PC and provide active sites for the O-2 activation to O-2 center dot - during the aerobic ODS of the refractory sulfur compound dibenzothiophene (DBT). It was shown that the B loading in petcoke measured by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy positively correlated to the DBT conversion as well as the defect concentration as measured by Raman spectroscopy. The active species were identified to be the sites of B-C, B-O, and BCO2 atoms using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Treatment of B-doped PC at 900 degrees C led to increased B-C interaction and defect concentration, producing 68% DBT conversion compared to 28% at 600 degrees C treatment, under reaction conditions of 110 degrees C and 3 h. A further increase in the DBT conversion to 96% was observed at 110 degrees C and 5 h for the 900 degrees C treated catalyst. Nearly 42% DBT conversion was observed at 120 degrees C and 3 h as a result of autoxidation (under no catalyst), which has not been considered in many of the earlier metal-free DBT ODS studies. The kinetic a-first-order reaction for the DBT ODS.
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页码:15025 / 15034
页数:10
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