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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 205, Issue -, Pages 216-221Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.12.059
Keywords
Desulfurization; Oxidation; WOx/ZrO2 catalyst; Calcination temperature; Raman
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Funding
- cooperative RD Program [B551179-10-03-00]
- Korea Research Council Industrial Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
- National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST), Republic of Korea [B551179-10-03-00] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- National Research Foundation of Korea [과06B1508] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Oxidative desulfurization (ODS) of model fuel containing benzothiophene (BT) or thiophene (Th) has been carried out with WOx/ZrO2 catalyst, which was calcined at various temperatures. Based on the conversion of BT in the model fuel, it can be shown that the optimum calcination temperature of WOx/ZrO2 catalyst is around 700 degrees C. The most active catalyst is composed of tetragonal zirconia (ZrO2) with well dispersed polyoxotungstate species and it is necessary to minimize the contents of the crystalline WO3 and monoclinic ZrO2 for a high BT conversion. The oxidation rate was interpreted with the first-order kinetics, and it demonstrated the importance of electron density since the kinetic constant for BT was higher than that for Th even though the BT is larger than Th in size. A WOx/ZrO2 catalyst, treated suitably, can be used as a reusable active catalyst in the ODS. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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