Palladium adsorbent is used in the
ultradeep desulfurization process
of benzene to prepare refined benzene, which is an important commercial
chemical raw material in the petrochemical industry. However, with
the increasing cost of palladium adsorbent, the wide application of
palladium adsorbent in the benzene refining process is greatly limited.
Here, we rationally designed PtNi/MgAlO adsorbent using the 3D nanomicroflower
structure of MgAlO as the support and PtNi bimetallic nanoparticles
as the active component. Various characterization techniques including
BET, XRD, SEM, TEM, TPR, XPS, and N2-TPD were used to investigate
the correlation between the adsorption performance and the microstructure
of the adsorbent. The results show that the PtNi/MgAlO adsorbent exhibited
an excellent adsorption sulfur capacity of 1.74 mg/g. Also, nearly
100% thiophene elimination was observed for 382 h, better than the
commercial Pd/Al2O3 adsorbent. It shows great
potential application in the ultradeep desulfurization of benzene.