(Amino acid + silica) adsorption thermodynamics: Effects of temperature

A thorough understanding of amino acid adsorption by mineral and oxide surfaces has a major impact on a variety of industrial and biomedical applications. Little information currently exists regarding temperature effects on most of these adsorption processes. Deeper thermodynamic analyses of their multiple temperature adsorption isotherms would aid the interpretation of the interfacial interactions. Low solution concentration adsorption isotherms for glycine, lysine and glutamic acid on a silica adsorbent were generated for T = (291, 298 and 310) K. Data analysis via the Clausius–Clapeyron method yielded the isosteric heat of adsorption as a function of fractional monolayer coverage for each adsorptive. Each amino acid showed an exothermic adsorption response. Glycine and lysine experienced a greater negative effect of increased temperature compared with glutamic acid, indicating a greater number of adsorbed molecules than glutamic acid, with the former undergoing intermolecular clustering within the adsorbed phase. Isosteric heat analyses suggest ionic interactions for lysine and hydrogen bonding for glutamic acid, both weakening with increased coverage. In contrast, initial hydrogen bonding led to ionic bonding for glycine with increasing coverage.     

STUDY ON THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ADSORPTION OF ETHYL BENZOATE AND DIETHYL PHTHALATE BY PHENOLIC RESIN ADSORBENTS

This paper presents experimental observations on the adsorption of individual solutes by a simple thermodynamic framework, and the equilibrium adsorption of ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate on phenolic resin adsorbent in hexane solutions within the temperature range of 293-313 K. The experimental results show that the Freundlich adsorption law is applicable to the adsorption of ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate on the adsorbent, since all the correlative factors R‘are larger than 0.99. The negative values of all the isosteric adsorption enthalpies for ethyl benzoate and diethyl phthalate indicate that they undergo exothermic processes, while their magnitudes (19-28 kJ/mol) manifest a hydrogen bonding sorption process. Other thermodynamic properties: the free energy changes and the entropy change associated with the adsorption have been calculated from the Gibbs adsorption equation and the Gibbs-Helmholtz equation.     

Comparison of the differential isosteric adsorption enthalpies and entropies calculated from chromatographic data

The differential isosteric enthalpies, -deltaH(ads), and entropies, -deltaS(ads), of adsorption were calculated taking the retention times of the peak maxima and the centres of gravity of peaks into account and compared with the results obtained from the adsorption second virial coefficients. A mathematical link between the -deltaH(ads) and -deltaS(ads) magnitudes and experimental data was derived through the Antoine-type equation which enables the -deltaH(ads) and -deltaS(ads) magnitudes to be found from adsorption second virial coefficients, B2S, calculated on the basis of chromatographically determined adsorption isotherm data. The virial coefficients were calculated employing the values of the Tóth and Unilan equation parameters. There are no significant differences to be found between the isosteric enthalpies obtained, whereas the values of the adsorption entropies were the highest for the centre of peak gravity data.     

Hydrogen adsorption on functionalized nanoporous activated carbons

There is considerable interest in hydrogen adsorption on carbon nanotubes and porous carbons as a method of storage for transport and related energy applications. This investigation has involved a systematic investigation of the role of functional groups and porous structure characteristics in determining the hydrogen adsorption characteristics of porous carbons. Suites of carbons were prepared with a wide range of nitrogen and oxygen contents and types of functional groups to investigate their effect on hydrogen adsorption. The porous structures of the carbons were characterized by nitrogen (77 K) and carbon dioxide (273 K) adsorption methods. Hydrogen adsorption isotherms were studied at 77 K and pressure up to 100 kPa. All the isotherms were Type I in the IUPAC classification scheme. Hydrogen isobars indicated that the adsorption of hydrogen is very temperature dependent with little or no hydrogen adsorption above 195 K. The isosteric enthalpies of adsorption at zero surface coverage were obtained using a virial equation, while the values at various surface coverages were obtained from the van't Hoff isochore. The values were in the range 3.9-5.2 kJ mol(-1) for the carbons studied. The thermodynamics of the adsorption process are discussed in relation to temperature limitations for hydrogen storage applications. The maximum amounts of hydrogen adsorbed correlated with the micropore volume obtained from extrapolation of the Dubinin-Radushkevich equation for carbon dioxide adsorption. Functional groups have a small detrimental effect on hydrogen adsorption, and this is related to decreased adsorbate-adsorbent and increased adsorbate-adsorbate interactions.     

VOCs adsorption by modified MCM-41 and a new way to recycle adsorbents

MCM-41 was modified by ion exchange of nickel and the adsorptive property was examined using ethylene and n-butane as the representatives of VOCs. The adsorption capacity for n-butane barely changed after modification. The isosteric heat of n-butane adsorption at different coverage was calculated through Clausius–Clapeyron equation and it increased only a little. After modification the maximum adsorption amount for ethylene was 0.59 g g _adsorbent ^?1 at 308 K up to 10⁵ Pa. The adsorption capacity was much higher than former reported adsorbents. A possible mechanism was proposed. After thermal treatment, Ni⁺ ion formed and became the active center of ethylene polymerization. Carbon chain lengths of the final products were limited to the sizes of molecular sieves. Catalytic polymerization and adsorption was considered as a new route for ethylene adsorption. We also declared a new way to recycle the adsorbents by washing with organic solution.     

Supercritical adsorption of nitrogen on EcoSorb-activated carbon at temperatures up to 383?K and pressures up to 2?MPa

Single adsorption isotherms and differential enthalpies of adsorption of nitrogen were measured on a microporous-activated carbon at various temperatures. A new way for calculating the differential enthalpies of adsorption is presented, and the results obtained were compared to those obtained by the isosteric method derived from the equilibrium data using the Clausius?CClapeyron equation. The measurements were made thanks to a coupled thermostated calorimetric?Cmanometric apparatus which can be operated for pressures up to 2.5?MPa and temperatures from 303 to 423?K. This article provides experimental data which can be used for the adjustment of interaction potential in computational simulations for supercritical adsorption.     

Study of Water Adsorption on Activated Carbons with Different Degrees of Surface Oxidation

A carbon of wood origin was oxidized with different oxidizing agents (nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and ammonium persulfate). The microstructural properties of the starting material and the oxidized samples were characterized using sorption of nitrogen. The surface acidity was determined using Boehm titration and potentiometric titration. The changes in the surface chemistry were also studied by diffuse reflectance FTIR. Water adsorption isotherms were measured at three different temperatures close to ambient (relative pressure from 0.001 to 0.3). From the isotherms the heats of adsorption were calculated using a virial equation. The results indicated that the isosteric heats of water adsorption are affected by the surface heterogeneity only at low surface coverage. In all cases the limiting heat of adsorption was equal to the heat of water condensation (45 kJ/mol).     

Ethylene/ethane separation by CuCl/AC adsorbent prepared using CuCl<Subscript>2</Subscript> as a precursor

Activated carbon (AC) supported CuCl (CuCl/AC) for ethylene/ethane separation has been prepared with CuCl₂ as precursor by a solid-state dispersion method. The samples are characterized by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, N₂ adsorption/desorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and investigated for ethylene (C₂H₄) and ethane (C₂H₆) adsorptions. The characterization results reveal that CuCl₂ supported on AC can be highly dispersed on the surfaces of AC support and completely converted to CuCl after activation at 543 K in N₂. The resultant adsorbent displays high ethylene adsorption capacity, high C₂H₄/C₂H₆ adsorption selectivity and excellent reversibility. The adsorption isotherms of ethylene and ethane on CuCl/AC at temperatures up to 333 K can be well fitted by the Sips models, and the corresponding isosteric heats of adsorption are calculated from the Clausius–Clapeyron equation. The value of isosteric heat of adsorption suggests that the interaction of ethylene with CuCl/AC is between physisorption and chemisorption.     

Isotherm analysis of phenol adsorption on polymeric adsorbents from nonaqueous solution

Macroporous poly(methyl methacrylate-co-divinylbenzene) (PMMA), interpenetrating polymer adsorbent based on poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate-co-divinylbenzene) (PMMA/PS), and macroporous cross-linked poly(N-p-vinylbenzyl acetylamide) (PVBA) were prepared for the adsorption of phenol from cyclohexane. The sorption isotherms of phenol on the three polymeric adsorbents were measured and fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. It is shown that the Langmuir isotherm, which is based on a homogeneous surface model, is unsuitable to describe the sorption of phenol on the adsorbents from nonaqueous solution and the Freundlich equation fits the tested three adsorption systems well. The isosteric enthalpy was quantitatively correlated with the fractional loading for the sorption of phenol onto the three polymeric adsorbents. The surface energetic heterogeneity patterns of the adsorbents were described with functions of isosteric enthalpy. The results showed that the tested three polymeric adsorbents exhibited different surface energetic heterogeneity patterns. The initial isosteric enthalpy of phenol sorption on polymeric adsorbent has to do with the surface chemical composition and is free from the pore structure of the polymeric adsorbent matrix. Forming hydrogen bonds between phenol molecules and adsorbent is the main driving force of phenol sorption onto PVBA and PMMA adsorbent from nonaqueous solution. When phenol is adsorbed on PMMA/PS, pi-pi interaction resulting from the stacking of the benzene rings of the adsorbed phenol molecules and the pendant benzene ring of adsorbent is involved.     

Studies on Thermodynamic Properties of Adsorption of Theophylline by Phenolic Resin Adsorbents

In the present work, the equilibrium adsorption of theophylline was studied by phenolic resin adsor-bents: JDW-2 (made by ourselves) and Duolite S-761 within a temperature range of 303--323 K. The experi-mental results show that the Freundlich adsorption law is applicable to the adsorption of theophylline on thetwo adsorbents, the exponents n＞l indicate that they are favorable to the adsorptions; the negative values ofall the isosteric adsorption enthalpies for the theophylline indicate the exothermic process of the adsorption,while the range(10—40 kJ/mol) of their magnitudes manifests the physisorption process; other thermody-namic properties, the free energy changes and the entropy change associated with adsorption have been calcu-lated from the Gibbs adsorption equation and the Gibbs-Helmholtz equation.     

Study of hydrogen adsorption on FeTi using molecular dynamics simulations

We have used molecular dynamics simulation to study the adsorption isotherms of molecular hydrogen on FeTi at several temperatures ranging from 60 to 100 K. Adsorption coverage, isosteric heat, and binding energy were calculated at different temperatures and pressures. The results indicated that FeTi can be used as an ideal hydrogen storage material. The surface coverage or total amount of hydrogen adsorbed on FeTi is between 0.28 to 0.35.     

Development of equations for differential and integral enthalpy change of adsorption for simulation studies

We present equations to calculate the differential and integral enthalpy changes of adsorption for their use in Monte Carlo simulation. Adsorption of a system of N molecules, subject to an external potential energy, is viewed as one of transferring these molecules from a reference gas phase (state 1) to the adsorption system (state 2) at the same temperature and equilibrium pressure (same chemical potential). The excess amount adsorbed is the difference between N and the hypothetical amount of gas occupying the accessible volume of the system at the same density as the reference gas. The enthalpy change is a state function, which is defined as the difference between the enthalpies of state 2 and state 1, and the isosteric heat is defined as the negative of the derivative of this enthalpy change with respect to the excess amount of adsorption. It is suitable to determine how the system behaves for a differential increment in the excess phase adsorbed under subcritical conditions. For supercritical conditions, use of the integral enthalpy of adsorption per particle is recommended since the isosteric heat becomes infinite at the maximum excess concentration. With these unambiguous definitions we derive equations which are applicable for a general case of adsorption and demonstrate how they can be used in a Monte Carlo simulation. We apply the new equations to argon adsorption at various temperatures on a graphite surface to illustrate the need to use the correct equation to describe isosteric heat of adsorption.     

Tuning Hydrogen Sorption Properties of Metal–Organic Frameworks by Postsynthetic Covalent Modification

Postsynthetic modification is presented as a means to tune the hydrogen adsorption properties of a series of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). IRMOF‐3 (isoreticular metal–organic framework), UMCM‐1‐NH₂ (University of Michigan crystalline material), and DMOF‐1‐NH₂ (DABCO metal–organic framework) have been covalently modified with a series of anhydrides or isocyanates and the hydrogen sorption properties have been studied. Both the storage capacities and isosteric heats of adsorption clearly show that covalent postsynthetic modification can significantly enhance the sorption affinity of MOFs with hydrogen and in some cases increase both gravimetric and volumetric uptake of the gas as much as 40 %. The significance of the present study is illustrated by: 1) the nature of the substituents introduced by postsynthetic modification result in different effects on the binding of hydrogen; 2) the covalent postsynthetic modification approach allows for systematic modulation of hydrogen sorption properties; and 3) the ease of postsynthetic modification of MOFs allows a direct evaluation of the interplay between MOF structure, hydrogen uptake, and heat of adsorption. The findings presented herein show that postsynthetic modification is a powerful method to manipulate and better understand the gas sorption properties of MOFs.     

Interaction of Hydrogen with MOF-5

Hydrogen storage is among the most demanding challenges in the hydrogen-based energy cycle. One proposed strategy for hydrogen storage is based on physisorption on high surface area solids such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Within this class of materials, MOF-5 has been the first structure studied for hydrogen storage. The IR spectroscopy of adsorbed H2 performed at 15 K and ab initio calculations show that the adsorptive properties of this material are mainly due to dispersive interactions with the internal wall structure and to weak electrostatic forces associated with O13Zn4 clusters. Calculated and measured binding enthalpies are between 2.26 and 3.5 kJ/mol, in agreement with the H2 rotational barriers reported in the literature. A minority of binding sites with higher adsorption enthalpy (7.4 kJ/mol) is also observed. These species are probably associated with OH groups on the external surfaces present as termini of the microcrystals.     

Gas adsorption process in activated carbon over a wide temperature range above the critical point. Part 2: conservation of mass and energy

Simulations of the thermal effects during adsorption cycles are a valuable tool for the design of efficient adsorption-based systems such as gas storage, gas separation and adsorption-based heat pumps. In this paper, we present simulations of the thermal phenomena associated with hydrogen, nitrogen and methane adsorption on activated carbon for supercritical temperatures and high pressures. The analytical expressions of adsorption and of the internal energy of the adsorbed phase are calculated from a Dubinin-Astakhov adsorption model using solution thermodynamics. A constant adsorption volume is assumed. The isosteric heat is also calculated and discussed. Finally, the mass and energy rate balance equations for an adsorbate/adsorbent pair are presented and are shown to be in agreement with desorption experiments.     

硅沸石完美骨架上的吸附Ⅱ.乙胺、正戊烷、乙醇在 FAU型沸石上的吸附热

用测定吸附等温线法研究乙胺、正戊烷和乙醇在疏水高硅FAU沸石上的吸附热效应。根据Clapeyron-Clausius方程,处理吸附等温线,得到不同覆盖度C(C=被吸附分子数/晶胞)的等量吸附热Qst(C)(一定覆盖度C时由Clapeyron-Clausius方程计算的吸附热)及平均等量吸附热Qst^*(一定温度区间里等量吸附热Qst的平均值),以及Qst^*与沸点蒸发热△Hv的差值△H1(定义为相互作用强度△H1=Qst^*-△Hv)。所研究的三种有机分子的△H1的次序为△H1(乙胺)>△H1(正戊烷)>>△H1(乙醇)。这与AT值(定义为脱附温度Td与吸附质的沸点温度Tb的差值,无需单位)有正相关关系。由AT值观察到的高硅FAU沸石Si-O骨架与被吸附乙胺之间可能存在的强相互作用、为本研究测定的热力学定量数据△H1值所证明。     

聚（对乙烯基苄基己内酰胺）树脂对非水体系中苯酚的吸附热力学

测定了聚（对乙烯基苄基己内酰胺）吸附树脂对正庚烷溶液中苯酚的吸附等温线,发现吸附等温线符合Freundlich等温吸附方程,相关系数大于0．99．根据热力学函数关系计算了等量吸附焓、Gibbs吸附自由能和吸附熵,等量吸附焓在30～40kJ／mol之间,推测吸附过程为氢键吸附．通过比较树脂对正庚烷中苯酚和邻硝基苯酚的吸附性能的差别,进一步论证了树脂对非水体系中酚类物质的吸附是基于氢键作用的机理．同时,聚（对乙烯基苄基己内酰胺）树脂对正庚烷溶液中苯酚的吸附相对水溶液中苯酚的吸附有更低的吸附焓变、吸附自由能变和吸附熵变．     

Use of the Tóth and Unilan Equations for Chromatographic Testing of the Adsorption Properties of Active Carbon

The adsorption and chromatographic properties of active carbon samples obtained by adsorptive/desorptive modification have been studied by inverse gas chromatography to assess their suitability for adsorption of analytes from gas and liquid phases. This paper may help in the choice of an appropriate method for characterizing the surface of an active carbon with regard to particular analytes. Therefore, the specific, V _{g (T )}, and net, V _{S ( T )}, retention volumes were determined from the retention times of the peak maxima and centres of gravity of the peaks. A mathematical link between retention volume data and the monolayer capacity, a _m , was derived by use of a hyperbolic-type equation which enables the values of the terms of the Tóth and Unilan equations to be found. Adsorption second virial coefficients, B _{2 S} , calculated from the values of the terms of the Tóth and Unilan equations were used as a sensitive test of the accuracy of the calculated data. There were no significant differences between the isosteric enthalpies obtained by use of virial coefficients or retention volumes. It was shown experimentally there is substantial parallelism between the magnitudes of the differential isosteric enthalpy and the differential entropy for propane chromatographed on the adsorption systems tested. The cause of non-linear behaviour of plots of ln V _{g ( T )} against T ^?1 for different dynamic adsorption systems is discussed.     

Fractions of thermodynamic functions for native lysozyme adsorption onto moderately hydrophobic surface

Calorimetric measurement of adsorption enthalpies of native lysozyme(Lyz) on a moderately hydrophobic surface at 25°C, pH 7.0 and various salt concentrations was performed. Based on the thermodynamics of stoichiometric displacement theory (SDT), we calculated the fractions of thermodynamic functions involving four subprocesses during a displacement adsorption process from the directly determined enthalpies in combination with adsorption isotherm measurements. The thermodynamic fractions reveal the relative degree of the four subprocesses for contributions to enthalpy, entropy and free energy. The results show that native Lyz adsorption on a moderately hydrophobic surface is an entropy driven process contributed mainly by conformational loss of adsorbed Lyz.     

The adsorption of C4 unsaturated hydrocarbons on highly dehydrated silica. An IR-spectroscopic and thermodynamic study

The adsorptive interaction of 1-butyne and 1-butene with a highly dehydrated pyrogenic silica system has been studied to understand the thermodynamic behavior of the adsorption process by the application of the Langmuir model and of the Van't Hoff equation. In situ FTIR spectroscopy allowed the characterization of the adsorption phenomenon in terms of involved surface sites, gas-volumetric determinations yielded quantitative information relative to the adsorption process, and microcalorimetric results allowed the comparison between calculated and experimental data. K(eq) and Delta(ads)G degrees were obtained from Langmuir's model application; Delta(ads)H data were obtained from the Van't Hoff equation and by the isosteric heats method and were compared with experimental values. The virtual constancy of Delta(ads)H with equilibrium pressure and surface coverage (Langmuir model) allowed us to obtain the Delta(ads)H degrees values and, consequently, the Delta(ads)S degrees values for the systems of interest.