Effect of Metal Ions on Light Gas Oil Upgrading over Nano Dispersed MoS<sub>x</sub>Catalysts Using<i>in Situ</i>H<sub>2</sub>
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Abstract
Hot water extraction and steam injection techniques are used to recover the bitumen from the oil sands or from deep underground deposits generating bitumen emulsions. A novel one-step bitumen upgrading process was developed in our laboratory where the water in the bitumen emulsion was activated through the water gas shift reaction (WGSR) to provide in situ H2 for hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and upgrading of the bitumen. The catalyst precursor, phosphomolybdic acid, was transformed into a nano dispersed Mo sulfide catalyst in situ during the upgrading reaction. This nano dispersed Mo catalyst was found to be effective for upgrading light gas oil (LGO) derived from Alberta oil sands with in situ H2. The effect of Ni, Co, Fe, V and K on the nano dispersed Mo sulfide catalyst for the upgrading of LGO was investigated. Ni, Co promoted both WGSR and HDS. V and K inhibited HDS although they promoted WGSR. Fe showed no significant effect on either WGSR or HDS. Ni was found to be the best promoter for HDS. Atthough K was the best promoter for WGSR, however, K apparently inhibited HDS completely but did not affect the boiling point distribution of the oil product. The effects of water content, syn-gas composition and reaction temperature were also discussed. Extra water inhibited HDS when usingeither in situ H2 or molecular H2. Syn-gas could be used for providing in situ H2 for LGO upgrading. Higher reaction temperature favoured both HDS and hydrocracking.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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