| 摘要 |
The present invention pertains to a process for sulfiding a catalyst composition comprising at least one hydrogenation metal component of Group VI and/or Group VIII of the Periodic Table, and an S-containing organic additive wherein the catalyst composition is contacted in two steps with hydrogen and a sulfur-containing compound in the gaseous phase, with the first step being performed at a temperature which is lower than that of the second step. Catalysts sulfided by the process according to the invention show a higher activity than the same catalysts which have been sulfided in a one-step process. It is preferred to carry out the process according to the invention ex situ, where it solves the problem of difficult start-up and the formation of undesirable side products in the hydrotreating unit. The S-containing organic additive preferably is a mercapto-compound, more preferably a mercaptocarboxylic acid represented by the general formula HS-R1-COOR, wherein R1 stands for a divalent hydrocarbon group with 1- about 10 carbon atoms and R stands for a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, ammonium, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to about 10 carbon atoms. The invention also pertains to the catalyst made by the above process and a process for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed by contacting the feed with the catalyst at hydrotreating conditions. |
