Jun Hu , Sijia Li , Yanhong Wang , Xuemei Lang , Qingping Li , Shuanshi Fan
{"title":"Kinetic hydrate inhibitor performance of new copolymer poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone-co-2-vinyl pyridine)s with TBAB","authors":"Jun Hu , Sijia Li , Yanhong Wang , Xuemei Lang , Qingping Li , Shuanshi Fan","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60344-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60344-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In oil and gas field, the application of kinetic hydrate inhibitors (KHIs) independently has remained problematic in high subcooling and high water-cut situation. One feasible method to resolve this problem is the combined use of KHIs and some synergists, which would enhance KHIs' inhibitory effect on both hydrate nucleation and hydrate crystal growth. In this study, a novel kind of KHI copolymer poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone-co-2-vinyl pyridine)s (HGs) is used in conjunction with TBAB to show its high performance on hydrate inhibition. The performance of HGs with different monomer ratios in structure II tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate is investigated using kinetic hydrate inhibitor evaluation apparatus by step-cooling method and isothermal cooling method. With the combined gas hydrate inhibitor at the concentration of 1.0 wt%, the induction time of 19 wt% THF solution could be prolonged to 8.5 h at a high subcooling of 6 °C. Finally, the mechanism of HGs inhibiting the formation of gas hydrate is proposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 2","pages":"Pages 126-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60344-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56791324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dry reforming reaction over nickel catalysts supported on nanocrystalline calcium aluminates with different CaO/Al2O3 ratios","authors":"Atiyeh Ranjbar , Mehran Rezaei","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60351-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60351-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nanocrystalline calcium aluminates with different CaO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> ratios were prepared by a facile co-precipitation method using Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene glycol)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-PPG-PEG, MW: 5800) as a surfactant. They were employed as catalyst support for nickel catalysts in methane reforming with carbon dioxide. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N<sub>2</sub> adsorption (BET), temperature-programmed reduction and oxidation (TPR-TPO), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. Catalysts showed a relatively high catalytic activity and stability. TPR analysis revealed that the catalysts with higher CaO content are more difficult to be reduced. TPO analysis showed that the 5 wt%Ni/CA and 5 wt%Ni/C12A7 catalysts with higher CaO amount were effective against coke deposition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 2","pages":"Pages 178-183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60351-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56791494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bin Liu, Yongming Chai, Yajing Wang, Yunqi Liu, Chenguang Liu
{"title":"Weakening internal diffusion effect in selective hydrodesulfurization of FCC gasoline by novel designed eggshell CoMoS/Al2O3 catalysts","authors":"Bin Liu, Yongming Chai, Yajing Wang, Yunqi Liu, Chenguang Liu","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60354-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60354-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A simple method for preparation of presulfided eggshell CoMoS/<em>γ</em>-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts with sharp boundary is developed, through which the eggshell thicknesses of Co and Mo could be easily regulated by controlling the impregnation time. According to the results characterized by EDS, XRD, HRTEM and FT-IR of adsorbed CO, the active component structures, the nature and/or the amount of active sites on the eggshell catalyst are similar to these on the uniform catalyst. The evaluation results of the catalytic performance in selective hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of FCC gasoline show the presence of significant internal diffusion inhibition effect on HDS of S-compounds especially in the uniform catalyst. Compared with uniform catalyst, the eggshell catalyst could remarkably reduce such an internal diffusion inhibition effect due to a shortened diffusion path of the reactants, thus showing higher HDS activity and selectivity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 2","pages":"Pages 194-199"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60354-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56791836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anmin Zhao, Weiyong Ying, Haitao Zhang, Ma Hongfang, Dingye Fang
{"title":"Ni/Al2O3 catalysts for syngas methanation: Effect of Mn promoter","authors":"Anmin Zhao, Weiyong Ying, Haitao Zhang, Ma Hongfang, Dingye Fang","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60350-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60350-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ni/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts with different amounts of manganese ranging from 1 to 3 wt% as promoter were prepared by co-impregnation method. The catalysts were characterized by N<sub>2</sub> physisorption, XRD, TPR, SEM and TEM. Their catalytic activity towards syngas methanation reaction was also investigated using a fixed-bed integral reactor. It was demonstrated that the addition of manganese to Ni/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts can increase the catalyst surface area and average pore volume, but decrease NiO crystallite size, leading to higher activity and stability. The effects of reaction temperature, pressure and weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) on carbon oxides conversion and CH<sub>4</sub> formation rate were also studied. High carbon oxides conversion, CH<sub>4</sub> selectivity and formation rate were achieved at the reaction temperature range of 280–300 °C.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 2","pages":"Pages 170-177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60350-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56791875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mathematical modeling of a slurry reactor for DME direct synthesis from syngas","authors":"Sadegh Papari, Mohammad Kazemeini, Moslem Fattahi","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60347-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60347-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, an axial dispersion mathematical model is developed to simulate a three-phase slurry bubble column reactor for direct synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas. This large-scale reactor is modeled using mass and energy balances, catalyst sedimentation and single-bubble as well as two-bubbles class flow hydrodynamics. A comparison between the two hydrodynamic models through pilot plant experimental data from the literature shows that heterogeneous two-bubbles flow model is in better agreement with the experimental data than homogeneous single-bubble gas flow model. Also, by investigating the heterogeneous gas flow and axial dispersion model for small bubbles as well as the large bubbles and slurry (i.e. including paraffins and the catalyst) phase, the temperature profile along the reactor is obtained. A comparison between isothermal and non-isothermal reactors reveals no obvious performance difference between them. The optimum values of reactor diameter and height were obtained at 7 m and 50 m, respectively. The effects of operating variables on the axial catalyst distribution, DME productivity and CO conversion are also investigated in this research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 2","pages":"Pages 148-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60347-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56791478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of rapidly depressurizing and rising temperature on methane hydrate dissociation","authors":"Qingbai Wu, Yingmei Wang, Jing Zhan","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60338-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60338-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Two methods, rapidly depressurizing to 0.1 MPa at a constant temperature and rising temperature under equilibrium <em>P</em>, <em>T</em> conditions, were used to study the dissociation of pure CH<sub>4</sub> hydrate formed below the ice point. At a constant temperature with rapidly depressurizing to 0.1 MPa, CH<sub>4</sub> hydrate dissociated rapidly at initial dissociation and then the dissociation rate gradually decreased. However, the dissociation of CH<sub>4</sub> hydrate at temperatures of 261 to 266 K was much faster than that at temperatures of 269 to 272 K, indicating its anomalous preservation. Under an equilibrium <em>P</em>, <em>T</em> conditions, rising temperature had extensively controlling impact on dissociation of CH<sub>4</sub> hydrate at equilibrium pressures of 2.31, 2.16 and 1.96 MPa. In this study, we report the effect of pressure on CH<sub>4</sub> hydrate dissociation, especially the effect of equilibrium pressure on dissociation at various melting temperatures. And we find that the ice particles size of CH<sub>4</sub> hydrate formed may dominant the CH<sub>4</sub> hydrate dissociation. Dissociation of CH<sub>4</sub> hydrate formed from ice particles of smaller than 250 μm may not have an anomalous preservation below the ice point, while particles larger than 250 μm may have more extensive anomalous preservation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 1","pages":"Pages 91-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60338-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56790440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CH4 dissociation on Co(0001): A density functional theory study","authors":"Wei Huang , Lulu Sun , Peide Han , Jinzhen Zhao","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60339-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60339-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>CH<sub>4</sub> dissociation on Co(0001) surfaces is an important step, which has been investigated at the level of density functional theory. It is found that CH<sub>4</sub> is unfavorable to adsorb on Co(0001), while CH<sub>4</sub> favores to dissociate to CH<sub>3</sub>, CH<sub>2</sub> and CH on Co(0001) surface by sequential dehydrogenation. In the whole process of CH<sub>4</sub> dehydrogenation, CH<sub>4</sub> dissociate to CH<sub>3</sub> and H is the rate-determining step. The calculated results show that CH<sub>2</sub> and CH exist mainly on Co(0001) surface, while the dehydrogenation of CH into C and H is difficult.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 1","pages":"Pages 98-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60339-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56790908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of alcohol solvents treated ZrO(OH)2 hydrogel on properties of ZrO2 and its catalytic performance in isosynthesis","authors":"Rongjun Zhang, Dehua He","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60324-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60324-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A series of ZrO<sub>2</sub> catalysts were prepared by treating ZrO(OH)<sub>2</sub> hydrogel with different alcohol solvents (C<sub>2</sub>-C<sub>4</sub> alcohols) and calcining under N<sub>2</sub> flow at 773 K for 3 h. The obtained ZrO<sub>2</sub> catalysts were systematically characterized by the methods of N<sub>2</sub> adsorption-desorption, powder X-ray diffraction, NH<sub>3</sub> temperature-programmed desorption, and CO<sub>2</sub> temperature-programmed desorption. The catalytic performance of each catalyst was evaluated in the selective synthesis of <em>iso</em>-C<sub>4</sub> (isobutene and isobutane) and light olefins (\u0000<span><math><mrow><msubsup><mtext>C</mtext><mn>2</mn><mo>=</mo></msubsup><mi></mi><mo>∼</mo><msubsup><mtext>C</mtext><mn>4</mn><mo>=</mo></msubsup></mrow></math></span>) from CO hydrogenation. The specific surface area increased for the ZrO<sub>2</sub> catalysts obtained by treating ZrO(OH)<sub>2</sub> hydrogel with different alcohol solvents. The amounts of both acidic and basic sites on the catalyst surface increased obviously. The catalytic activity (CO conversion) of ZrO<sub>2</sub> catalysts also increased after the treatment with different alcohol solvents. The highest activity was obtained over the catalyst which was pretreated with isopropanol. However, alcohol solvent treatment retarded the transformation of ZrO<sub>2</sub> crystal structure from tetragonal phase to monoclinic phase, and subsequently resulted in the decrease of monoclinic phase in ZrO<sub>2</sub>, which led to the decrease of olefin selectivity in corresponding hydrocarbon products (\u0000<span><math><mrow><msubsup><mtext>C</mtext><mn>2</mn><mo>=</mo></msubsup><mi></mi><mo>∼</mo><msubsup><mtext>C</mtext><mn>4</mn><mo>=</mo></msubsup><mo>/</mo><mtext>CH</mtext></mrow></math></span>).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 1","pages":"Pages 1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60324-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56789080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tansel Koyun , Mehmet Kunduz , Hakan F. Oztop , Ibrahim Ucgul
{"title":"Comparison of purification processes of natural gas obtained from three different regions in the world","authors":"Tansel Koyun , Mehmet Kunduz , Hakan F. Oztop , Ibrahim Ucgul","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60334-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60334-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Natural gases obtained from different regions in the world as Scholen-Germany, Saudi Arabia and Iran were purified with a package code and the obtained results were compared in this study. For purification process, both natural gases flowing in a vertical pipe and monoethanolamine (MEA) flowing as a film from the internal surface of a pipe were examined together. Both fluids were flown in a vertical and laminar regime. Binary diffusion coefficients, Schmidt numbers (<em>S</em>c) and dynamical viscosities were calculated individually for three types of natural gases. It is demonstrated that the chemical absorption method by MEA process is the most appropriate method at high Damköhler (<em>D</em>a) numbers particularly for natural gases containing high concentrations of CO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>S.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 1","pages":"Pages 61-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60334-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56790026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Arif Ab Aziz , Nur Hidayatul Nazirah Kamarudin , Herma Dina Setiabudi , Halimaton Hamdan , Aishah Abdul Jalil , Sugeng Triwahyono
{"title":"Negative effect of Ni on PtHY in n-pentane isomerization evidenced by IR and ESR studies","authors":"Muhammad Arif Ab Aziz , Nur Hidayatul Nazirah Kamarudin , Herma Dina Setiabudi , Halimaton Hamdan , Aishah Abdul Jalil , Sugeng Triwahyono","doi":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60329-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60329-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ni/PtHY with different Ni loadings was prepared by impregnating HY with hexachloroplatinic acid solution and Ni<sup>2+</sup>/N, N-dimethylformamide solution. An increase in the Ni loading decreased the crystallinity, specific surface area and meso-micropores of the catalysts. Ni interacted with hydroxyl groups to produce IR absorption bands at 3740–3500 cm<sup>−1</sup>. Increasing Ni loadings resulted in a decrease in the intensities of the broad bands at 3730-3500 cm<sup>−1</sup> and the sharp band at 3740 cm<sup>−1</sup> with simultaneous development of new absorbance band at 3700 cm<sup>−1</sup> that was attributed to (–OH)Ni. The acidity of the samples did not significantly change with Ni loadings up to 1.0 wt%, which indicated that Ni mostly interacts with non-acidic silanol groups (terminal- and structural-defect OH groups). The presence of Ni decreased the activity of PtHY toward the isomerization of <em>n</em>-pentane because of a decrease in the number of active protonic-acid sites that formed from molecular hydrogen. IR and ESR studies confirmed that Pt facilitated the formation of protonic-acid sites from molecular hydrogen, whereas Ni, even when combined with Pt, didn't exhibit such ability. The absence of protonic-acid sites from molecular hydrogen significantly decreased the yield of iso-pentane and markedly increased the cracking products.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry","volume":"21 1","pages":"Pages 29-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1003-9953(11)60329-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56789773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}