COLL 214 |
| Melissa Pease and Mark E. Bussell. Department of Chemistry, MS-9150, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-9150 |
| Regulations to be implemented in the near future will require a reduction of the sulfur levels in transportation fuels. As a result, the development of highly active catalysts for use in the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) process is of primary importance. Research in our laboratory has shown that oxide-supported, crystalline metal phosphide and amorphous metal-boron materials are more active than conventional sulfide-based catalysts for thiophene HDS. In the current study, ruthenium phosphides (Ru2P, RuP and RuP2) and ruthenium-boron alloys (Ru-B) have been supported on silica and the materials have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and chemisorption measurements. The thiophene HDS activities of the Ru-based catalysts have been measured in a flow reactor and the properties of these catalysts will be compared with those of sulfide catalysts. |
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Posters: Fundamental Research in Surface and Colloid Chemistry
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, March 29, 2004 Disneyland -- North Exhibit Hall, Poster
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry |