Enhancing the activity of MoS_(2)/SiO_(2)-Al_(2)O_(3) bifunctional catalysts for suspended-bed hydrocracking of heavy oils by doping with Zr atoms

Developing catalysts with not only hydrogenation activity but also cracking activity is very important for the advancement of suspended-bed hydrocracking technology.Within this respect,MoS_(2)/SiO_(2)-Al_(2)O_(3)bifunctional catalyst is a kind of typical catalysts with both hydrogenation and cracking activity.Herein,a series of Zr-doped SiO_(2)-Al_(2)O_(3)mixed oxides were synthesized by a sol-gel coupled with hydrothermal method.The synthesized mixed oxides were characterized for chemical structures and acidic properties.It is found that doping SiO_(2)-Al_(2)O_(3)with Zr atoms significantly increases the numbers of acidic sites.The Zr-doped SiO_(2)-Al_(2)O_(3)mixed oxides were then combined with dispersed MoS_(2),which was in-situ produced from oil-soluble Mo precursors,to fabricate a novel kind of bifunctional catalysts for suspended-bed hydrocracking of heavy oils.Owing to the significantly increased numbers of acidic sites in Zr-doped SiO_(2)-Al_(2)O_(3)mixed oxides,corresponding bifunctional catalysts demonstrate much enhanced activity for suspended-bed hydrocracking of heavy oils in relative to MoS_(2)/SiO_(2)-Al_(2)O_(3)bifunctional catalysts.

Concept and application of anaerobic suspended granular sludge bed （SGSB） reactor for wastewater treatment

Bed expansion serves an important function in the design and operation of an upflow anaerobic reactor. An analysis of the flow pattern of expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactors shows that most EGSB reactors do not behave as expanded bed reactors, as is widely perceived. Rather, these reactors behave as fluidized bed reactors based on the classic chemical reactor theory. In this paper, four bed expansion modes, divided as static bed, expanded bed, suspended bed, and fluidized bed, for bioreactors are proposed. A high-rate anaerobic suspended granular sludge bed （SGSB） reactor was then developed. The SGSB reactor is an upflow anaerobic reactor, and its expansion degree can be easily controlled within a range to maintain the suspended status of the sludge bed by controlling upfiow velocity. The results of the full-scale reactor confirmed that the use of SGSB reactors is advantageous. The full-scale SGSB reactor runs stably and achieves high COD removal efficiency （about 90%） at high loading rates （average 40 kg-COD·m^-3·d^-1, maximum to 52 kg·COD·m^-3 ·d^-1） based on the SGSB theory, and its expansion degree is between 22% and 37%.