Kinetic Study on Liquid-Phase Hydrodesulfurization of FCC Diesel in Tubular Reactors

According to the characteristics of FCC diesel, a technology of liquid-phase hydrodesulfurization of the diesel in tubular reactors was proposed and lab-scale experiments were carried out. A kinetic model for the hydrodesulfurization pro- cess was developed and verified. The model was utilized to predict the sulfur content of products under different operating conditions. The effects of temperature, space velocity, pressure, and hydrogen concentration on the desulfurization rate were investigated.