Description of methane adsorption on microporous carbon adsorbents on the range of supercritical temperatures on the basis of the Dubinin-Astakhov equation.

Temperature dependences of parameters n and E are calculated according to the adsorption equation of Dubinin-Astakhov for methane adsorption on eight active carbons in the range of supercritical temperatures of 170-340 K and pressures of 0-20 MPa. At temperatures above ~240 K, characteristic adsorption energy E of methane grows linearly at an increase in temperature. The temperature coefficients of characteristic energy of methane adsorption on active carbon tend to decrease at an increase in standard characteristic adsorption energy E . The average value of parameter < n> for the studied adsorbents tends to grow at an increase in standard characteristic adsorption energy E . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]