Journal
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS
Volume 100, Issue -, Pages 245-252Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2013.01.007
Keywords
Low temperature coal tar; Hydrotreating; Gasoline; Diesel
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21206136]
- Overall Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shaanxi province [2011KTCL01-15]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20126101120013]
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Clean liquid oil was obtained from low temperature coal tar (LCT) via hydrotreating in trickle-bed reactor (TBR) system filled with commercial catalysts. The effects of hydrogen pressure (10-16 MPa), reactor temperature (350-410 degrees C) and liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) (0.25-1 h(-1)) on hydrotreating performance were investigated while hydrogen to oil volume ratio was maintained constant at 1600 L-N/L in all cases. The degree of sulfur removal was greater than nitrogen removal with increasing temperature, pressure and contact time over the commercial catalyst. The TBR system was capable of removing nitrogen and sulfur from 1.14 and 0.34 wt % in the feed to 63 mu g g-1 and 8 mu g g-1, respectively in the products. Gasoline (<180 degrees C) and diesel (180-360 degrees C) fraction were separated from the oil products and analyzed. The gasoline fraction produced from LCT by hydrotreating comply with gasoline specifications for distillation range, sulfur content, induction period and gum presence. But it did not meet the specifications for RON (Research Octane Number) specifications. Diesel fraction produced from LCT meet all quality tests as fuels which could be directly used as motor fuels without upgrading. The results indicated that the raw LCT could be considerably upgraded through catalytic hydrotreating and high-quality fuels were obtained. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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