n-Dodecane Hydroconversion over Nickel Supported on Different Mesoporous Aluminosilicates

Several 2.0 wt% nickel catalysts supported on nanometer bimodal mesoporous aluminosilicate (NBMAS), AlHMS and AlMCM-41 were prepared by means of the wetness impregnation method. The characterization tech-niques such as Py-FTIR and H2 chemisorption showed that the amount of Br鰊sted acid sites decreased in the order of Ni/AlHMS>Ni/AlMCM-41>Ni/NBMAS, while the nickel dispersion differed a little. In the catalytic n-dodecane hydroconversion, the highest conversion was obtained over Ni/NBMAS, and the lowest isomerization selectivity occurred over Ni/AlHMS. For the cracked products, the symmetrical carbon number distribution cen-tered at C6 was obtained on the Ni/AlMCM-41 catalyst due to the well balanced metal/acid functions, whereas the Ni/AlHMS and Ni/NBMAS catalysts led to more C3-C5 and C1+C11 products, respectively.