Patent ID: 8992768
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C10G

Abstract:
1. Method for reducing the level of sulfur compounds in hydrocarbon-based fuels or fuel fractions, comprising the following step: reducing the level of sulphur compounds in hydrocarbon-based fuels or fuel fractions by selectively adsorbing the sulphur compounds on a catalyst, which catalyst has previously been used for hydrogenating aromatics in another hydrocarbon fraction, wherein the catalyst comprises a highly active, aluminum oxide-based, nickel support catalyst comprising approximately 20 to 70 wt.-% nickel (as Ni), wherein the size of the Ni crystallites in a reduced state is in the range of approximately 3.5 to 4.5 nm, and wherein the nickel support catalyst essentially contains no silicon compounds.