1. Adsorption kinetics and equilibria of two methanol samples with different water content on activated carbon
- Author
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Carsten Wedler and Meret Rösler
- Subjects
Technology ,Engineering, Chemical ,General Chemical Engineering ,Measurement uncertainty ,Analytical chemistry ,0904 Chemical Engineering ,PRESSURE ,SORPTION ,Isothermal process ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Effective diffusion time constants ,Adsorption ,Engineering ,Adsorption kinetics ,WIDE-RANGE ,SURFACE ENERGETICAL HETEROGENEITY ,Mass transfer ,medicine ,Diffusion (business) ,0912 Materials Engineering ,Water content ,Science & Technology ,CH4 ,Chemical Physics ,Chemistry ,Chemistry, Physical ,Methanol purity ,VAPORS ,ZEOLITE 13X ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,General Chemistry ,PERFORMANCE ,Fick's laws of diffusion ,Methanol adsorption ,Physical Sciences ,GAS-DIFFUSION ,Mass transfer coefficients ,CO2 ,Methanol ,Activated carbon ,medicine.drug - Abstract
To investigate the influence of fluid purity on the adsorption properties, adsorption kinetics and adsorption equilibria of two methanol samples with different water content on an activated carbon were studied. The purity of the methanol samples was 98.5% and 99.9%. Measurements were conducted at 298 K and 318 K using a magnetic suspension balance and cover a wide p/p0 range. To determine effective diffusion time constants and mass transfer coefficients, adsorption kinetics were evaluated using an isothermal and a nonisothermal Fickian diffusion model, and the linear driving force model. The pressure dependence of the kinetic parameters was studied and discussed. A small influence of sample purity on the adsorption equilibria was observed, as the purer methanol sample showed slightly higher equilibrium loadings than the less pure sample. However, significantly faster adsorption kinetics were observed for the purer sample at all temperature and pressure conditions. Compared to the less pure sample, the determined effective diffusion time constants and the mass transfer coefficients were up to 98% and 35% higher, respectively.
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- 2021