The reactive adsorption desulfurization (RADS) of a model gasoline was investigated over a NiO/ZnO-Al2O3-SiO2 adsorbent. N2 and H2 were used as carrier gases
and their desulfurization results were compared. Results showed that the adsorbent performed well when using N2 as the carrier gas. Carbon deposition on the surface is the main reason of the drop of desulfurization efficiency. This indicates that NiO could directly react with sulfur compounds in gasoline without the presence of H2. Results of XRD
H2-TPR
TOPT and XPS showed that NiO is hard to be reduced under conditions of RADS. RADS process mainly depends on the reaction of NiO and Ni to remove sulfur compounds. At last
a possible RADS mechanism was presented and discussed.