AdsorÃÃo de MolÃculas Sulfuradas AromÃticas em Adsorventes Mesoestruturados à Base de SÃlica. / Adsorption of aromatic sulfur molecules on mesostructured silica adsorbents.

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

22/02/2011

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The demand of a larger control in the emission of pollutants from automobiles, with a reduction in the emission of sulfur, has led to an intense research effort on techniques of sulfur removal from fuels. In the last few years, adsorption is thought to be a suitable polishing technique to achieve a deep desulfurization of streams from hydrodesulfurization (HDS) units. The HDS process is very efficient in the removal of mercaptans and disulfides but higher severity would be required to convert cyclic sulfur molecules, such as tiophenes and benzotiophenes. Due to the bulky size of these refractory sulfur compounds, mesoporous adsorbents are thought to be best suited for adsorption than conventional microporous solids, such as zeolites. The desulfurization by adsorption with modified and selective sorbents is a promising alternative process when compared to the conventional hydrodesulfurization once that process does not need severe conditions of operation which compromise the octane of the gasoline and the final cost of operation. In this present work, a study was coducted to remove sulfur from benzothiophene solutions in isooctante, using the adsorbent SBA-15 and SBA-15/PdCl2. BET surface area, pore volume and pore diameter of SBA-15 and SBA-15/PdCl2 mesoporous materials were measured. Adsorptive desulfurization in benzothiophene/isooctane mixture was carried trough dynamic study using a column of fixed bed in laboratory scale, using sorbents SBA-15 and SBA-15/PdCl2. The adsorption study using SBA-15/PdCl2 was carried on four temperatures: 25, 35, 45 and 60ÂC. Breakthrough curves were simulated according to a mathematical model that assumes the following hypotheses: isothermal operation; flow with axial dispersion; constant fluid flow rate; negligible external film resistance to mass transfer; internal mass transfer described by LDF approximation; linear adsorption isotherm and equilibrium reached instantaneously at the external surface of adsorbent particles. The results confirmed the efficiency of SBA-15/PdCl2 for use in adsorption process of sulfur compounds.

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engenharia quimica adsorÃÃo adsorption benzothiophene mesoporous materials breakthrough curves

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