Effects of tungsten on the catalytic activity of Ni-W catalysts for the hydrogenation of aromatic hydrocarbons

摘要

Nano Ni-W catalysts with different tungsten contents prepared by mixing alkaline nickel carbonate with ammonium tungstate show high activity and good sulfur tolerance for hydrogenation of thiophene-containing ethylbenzene. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, TPR, SEM, Raman and BET. The results show that the activity of the catalysts for ethylbenzene hydrogenation is affected profoundly by W loading and the best result was obtained on catalyst with W/Ni ratio equal to 0.16. The increase of activity of the catalyst can be attributed to the interaction between Ni and W doped and the increase of the surface area of the catalyst.