Adsorption separation of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen on monoethanol amine modified β-zeolite

A new type of composite adsorbents was synthesized by incorporating monoethanol amine (MEA) into β-zeolite. The parent and MEA-functionalized β-zeolites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The adsorp-tion behavior of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrogen (N2) on these adsorbents was investigated at 303 K. The results show that the structure of zeolite was well preserved after MEA modification. In comparison with CH4 and N2, CO2 was preferentially adsorbed on the adsorbents investigated. The introduction of MEA significantly improved the selectivity of both CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2, the optimal selectivity of CO2/CH4 can reach 7.70 on 40 wt% of MEA-functionalized β-zeolite (MEA(40)-β) at 1 atm. It is worth noticing that a very high selectivity of CO2/N2 of 25.67 was obtained on MEA(40)-β. Steric effect and chemical adsorbate-adsorbent interaction were responsible for such high adsorption selectivity of CO2. The present MEA-functionalized β-zeolite adsorbents may be a good candidate for applications in flue gas separation, as well as natural gas and landfill gas purifications.     

Adsorption separation of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen on Hβ and Na-exchanged β-zeolite

Adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrogen (N2) on Hβ and sodium exchanged β-zeolite (Naβ) were volumetrically measured at 273 and 303 K. The results show that all isotherms were of Brunauer type Ⅰ and well correlated with Langmuir-Freundlich model. After sodium ions exchange, the adsorption amounts of three adsorbates increased, while the increase magnitude of CO2 adsorption capacity was much higher than that of CH4 and N2. The selectivities of CO2 over CH4 and CO2 over N2 enhanced after sodium exchange. Also, the initial heat of adsorption data implied a stronger interaction of CO2 molecules with Na+ ions in Naβ. These results can be attributed to the larger electrostatic interaction of CO2 with extraframework cations in zeolites. However, Naβ showed a decrease in the selectivity of CH4 over N2, which can be ascribed to the moderate affinity of N2 with Naβ. The variation of isosteric heats of adsorption as a function of loading indicates that the adsorption of CO2 in Naβ presents an energetically heterogeneous profile. On the contrary, the adsorption of CH4 was found to be essentially homogeneous, which suggests the dispersion interaction between CH4 and lattice oxygen atoms, and such interaction does not depend on the exchangeable cations of zeolite.     

Adsorption separation of carbon dioxide,methane, and nitrogen on Hβ and Na-exchanged β-zeolite

Adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide （CO2）, methane （CH4）, and nitrogen （N2） on Hβand sodium exchanged β-zeolite （Naβ） were volumetrically measured at 273 and 303 K. The results show that all isotherms were of Brunauer type I and well correlated with Langmuir-Freundlich model. After sodium ions exchange, the adsorption amounts of three adsorbates increased, while the increase magnitude of CO2 adsorption capacity was much higher than that of CH4 and N2. The selectivities of CO2 over CH4 and CO2 over N2 enhanced after sodium exchange. Also, the initial heat of adsorption data implied a stronger interaction of CO2 molecules with Na＋ ions in Naβ . These results can be attributed to the larger electrostatic interaction of CO2 with extraframework cations in zeolites. However, Naβ showed a decrease in the selectivity of CH4 over N2, which can be ascribed to the moderate affinity of N2 with Naβ. The variation of isosteric heats of adsorption as a function of loading indicates that the adsorption of CO2 in Naβ presents an energetically heterogeneous profile. On the contrary, the adsorption of CH4 was found to be essentially homogeneous, which suggests the dispersion interaction between CH4 and lattice oxygen atoms, and such interaction does not depend on the exchangeable cations of zeolite.     

Surface chemistry of CO2 – Adsorption of carbon dioxide on clean surfaces at ultrahigh vacuum

Carbon dioxide chemistry has attracted significant interest in recent years. Although the field is diverse, a current and more comprehensive review of the surface science literature may be of interest for a variety of communities since environmental chemistry, energy technology, materials science, catalysis, and nanocatalysis are certainly affected by gas–surface properties. The review describes surface phenomena and characterization strategies highlighting similarities and differences, instead of providing only a list of system-specific information. The various systems are roughly distinguished as those that clearly form carbonates and those that merely physisorb CO₂ at ultra-high vacuum conditions. Nevertheless, extended sections about specific systems including rarely studied surfaces and unusual materials are included, making this review also useful as a reference.     

Solubility of monocrotaline in supercritical carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide—ethanol mixtures

The solubility of monocrotaline, a chemotherapeutic drug precursor, in supercritical carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide—ethanol mixtures has been measured from 308.15 to 328.15 K and from 8.86 to 27.41 MPa. The solubility ranges from 6.0 × 10⁻⁶ to 2.21 × 10⁻⁴ mol fraction increasing up to 25-fold with the addition of ethanol. A new method for the estimation of the sublimation pressure of monocrotaline was developed based on the measured solubilities of monocrotaline in water. The sublimation pressure was then used in the compressed gas model to correlate the behavior of carbon dioxide—monocrotaline and carbon dioxide—ethanol—monocrotaline systems with reasonable success.     

Adsorption on inorganic materials—VIII: Adsorption of iodide on AgCl-filled carbon

Activated carbon containing 20 weight % of micron-sized silver chloride particles has been prepared and the absorptive properties of this filled carbon for iodide ions determined. The rate of adsorption of iodide was found to be sufficiently large to allow excellent iodide removal with small columns of the material at flow rates of several cm/min. The adsorption-exchange reaction occurs through the bulk of the silver halide particles and is not limited to their surfaces. The extent of the reaction is insensitive to the iodide concentration of the solution and to presence of a variety of supporting electrolytes, including large concentrations of chloride in the feed. The material seems promising for applications involving removal of radioactive iodide from solutions; removal of 98% of trace level iodide from several thousand column volumes of aqueous feed was demonstrated.     

Kinetic and mechanistic features of carbon dioxide reforming of methane over Co–Ce/ZrO2 catalysts

Carbon dioxide reforming of methane (CDRM) is an effective route to utilize CO₂ and CH₄, the most abundant, thermodynamically stable and hazardous greenhouse gases. To overcome the economical impediments to favor CDRM's industrial applicability, its mechanistic features need to be revealed both for developing efficient catalysts and optimizing operational conditions. In this context, this work aims to obtain power-law type CDRM kinetic expressions over 5%Co–2%Ce/ZrO₂ and 10%Co–2%Ce/ZrO₂ catalysts and compare and analyze mechanistic routes to elucidate the effect of the Co:Ce ratio on kinetics. The empirical power-law type rate expressions were estimated with the reaction orders of 1.63 and 1.12 for CH₄ and 0.29 and –0.12 for CO₂ for 5%Co–2%Ce/ZrO₂ and 10%Co–2%Ce/ZrO₂ catalysts, respectively. Limited CH₄ activation and, thus, carbon formation due to low Co loading lead to accumulation of surface oxygen on ZrO₂ as redox ability of Ce becomes suppressed. This causes higher CO₂ activation barrier. The presence of H₂ in the feed slows down mechanistic steps involving CH_x. The reactions including CH₄ activation, most probably reversible direct CH₄ dissociation, are found to be rate determining.     

A two-dimensional microporous metal–organic framework for highly selective adsorption of carbon dioxide and acetylene

Solvothermal reaction of 3-aminoisonicotinic acid(Haina) and Cu(NO_3)_2·2.5H_2O gave a novel twodimensional(2D) microporous metal–organic framework, [Cu(aina)_2(DMF)]·DMF(1, DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide). Single-crystal X-ray crystallographic study of compound 1 revealed that Cu(II)ions are linked by ainaàligands forming square grid-like layers, which stack together via multiple hydrogen bonding interactions. The solvent-free framework of 1a displayed considerable porosity(void = 46.5%) with one-dimensional(1D) open channels(4.7 ? ? 4.8 ?) functionalized by amino groups.Gas sorption measurements of 1 revealed selective carbon dioxide(CO_2) and acetylene(C_2H_2) adsorption over methane(CH_4) and nitrogen(N_2) at ambient temperature.     

Vapor–liquid equilibrium of systems containing alcohols,water, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons using SAFT

The statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT) equation of state is employed for the correlation and prediction of vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) of eighteen binary mixtures. These include water with methane, ethane, propane, butane, propylene, carbon dioxide, methanol, ethanol and ethylene glycol (EG), ethanol with ethane, propane, butane and propylene, methanol with methane, ethane and carbon dioxide and finally EG with methane and ethane. Moreover, vapor–liquid equilibrium for nine ternary systems was predicted. The systems are water/ethanol/alkane (ethane, propane, butane), water/ethanol/propylene, water/methanol/carbon dioxide, water/methanol/methane, water/methanol/ethane, water/EG/methane and water/EG/ethane. The results were found to be in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data except for the water/methanol/methane system for which the root mean square deviations for pressure were 60–68% when the methanol concentration in the liquid phase was 60 wt.%.     

Adsorption of toluene, methylcyclohexane and neopentane on silica MCM-41

Adsorption-desorption isotherms of toluene, methylcyclohexane and neopentane were determined on a silica MCM-41 material of pore diameter ∼3.4 nm over the temperature range 258 K to 308 K (278 K for neopentane). The isosteric enthalpies of adsorption were determined from the isotherms at the various temperatures. It was found that the isotherms of toluene and methylcyclohexane have a similar variation with the temperature, exhibiting hysteresis at 268 K and at lower temperature, while the adsorption of neopentane is reversible at all temperatures. The three organic adsorptives interact differently with the silica surface and the isosteric enthalpies of adsorption indicated that methylcyclohexane has the weakest interaction and toluene the strongest. A slight increase in the adsorption enthalpy at the beginning of the capillary condensation step is observed with methylcyclohexane and neopentane but not with toluene.     

High-pressure phase equilibrium data for systems with carbon dioxide, α-humulene and trans-caryophyllene

The aim of this work is to report phase equilibrium data for the binary systems (CO₂ + α-humulene) and (CO₂ + trans-caryophyllene), and for the ternary system (CO₂ + α-humulene + trans-caryophyllene). Results from literature show that α-humulene and trans-caryophyllene are the main compounds responsible for the anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic characteristics attributed to the medicinal plant Cordia verbenacea D.C., hence giving importance to the phase behaviour investigation performed in this work. Phase equilibrium experiments were performed in a high-pressure, variable-volume view cell over the temperature range of T = (303 to 343) K and pressures up to 20 MPa. (Liquid + liquid) and (vapour + liquid + liquid) equilibrium were observed at T = 303 K, while (vapour + liquid) phase transitions were verified to occur from T = (313 to 343) K, for all systems studied. Thermodynamic modelling was performed using the Peng–Robinson equation of state and the classical quadratic mixing rules, with a satisfactory agreement between experimental and calculated values.     

Conversion of carbon dioxide to propionaldehyde over cobalt and rhodium nanoparticles supported on MIL-53 (Al) metal–organic framework

The two-step conversion of carbon dioxide to propionic acid and propionaldehyde has been studied in the presence of novel catalysts, cobalt and rhodium nanoparticles supported on MIL-53(Al) microporous metal–organic framework. The first step is hydrogenation of carbon dioxide with formation of synthesis gas over cobalt-containing catalyst Co/MIL-53(Al) (500°C, 1 atm), and the second step is continuous (without separation) Rh/MIL-53 (Al)-catalyzed hydroformylation of ethylene with the synthesis gas formed in the first step.     

Oxidation of methane, butane and carbon monoxide on Al?Fe oxide catalysts

The activity of the catalysts obtained by supporting Fe³⁺ oxalate complexes on -and -Al₂O₃ in oxidation of CH₄, C₄H₁₀ and CO has been studied. The composition of the impregnating solution and the temperature of catalyst thermal treatment were varied. The most active catalysts were prepared by impregnation of -Al₂O₃ with (NH₄)₃[Fe(C₂O₄)₃] solutions at pH=2.0–3.5. Their activity appears to be close to that of Al-Mg-Cr catalysts in butane oxidation and even exceeds this in CO oxidation.     

Effects of Ce/Zr ratio on the structure and performances of Co-Ce_（1-x）Zr_xO_2 catalysts for carbon dioxide reforming of methane

The Co-incorporated Ce1-xZrxO2 catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation for carbon dioxide reforming of methane. The ratio of Ce to Zr was varied to optimize the performances of co-precipitated Co-Ce-Zr-Ox catalysts. The prepared catalysts were characterized by various physico-chemical characterization techniques including TPR, X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption at low temperature, XPS and CO2-TPSR. The co-precipitated Co-Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 sample containing 16% CoO exhibited a higher catalytic activity among the five catalysts, and the activity was maintained without significant loss during the reaction for 60 h. Under the conditions of 750 ℃, 0.1 MPa, 36000 ml/(h·g{cat}), and CO2/CH4 molar ratio of 1 : 1, the CO2 conversion over this catalyst was 75% while the CH4 conversion was 67%. The cubic Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 facilitated a higher dispersion and a higher reducibility of the cobalt component, and the apparent activation energy for Co-Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 sample was 49.1 kJ/mol in the CO2/CH4 reforming reaction. As a result, the Co-Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 sample exhibited a higher activity and stability for the reforming of CH4 with CO2.     

Adsorption equilibrium of the mixture of EtOH and TCE on?FAU?type high silica zeolite

In this study, the adsorption equilibrium of the FAU type high silica zeolite was obtained by a gravimetric adsorption experiment device and a molecular simulation. The adsorbate used was ethanol and trichloroethylene, which are the system of azeotropic mixture.     

Synthesis and characterization of electrical conducting porous carbon structures based on resorcinol–formaldehyde

Electrical conducting carbon (ECC) porous structures were explored by changing the pyrolysis temperature of organic xerogel compounds prepared by sol–gel method from resorcinol–formaldehyde (RF) mixtures in acetone using picric acid as catalyst. The effect of this preparation parameter on the structural and electrical properties of the obtained ECCs was studied. The analysis of the obtained results revealed that the polymeric insulating xerogel phase was transformed progressively with pyrolysis temperature into carbon conducting phase; this means the formation of long continuous conducting path for charge carriers to move inside the structure with thermal treatment and the samples exhibited tangible percolation behaviour where the percolation threshold can be determined by pyrolysis temperature. The temperature-dependent conductivity of the obtained ECC structures shows a semi-conducting behaviour and the I(V) characteristics present a negative differential resistance. The results obtained from STM micrographs revealed that the obtained ECC structures consist of porous electrical conducting carbon materials.     

Reduction of carbon dioxide by hydrogen on metal–carbon catalysts under supercritical conditions

The reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen on metal–carbon (Ru, Rh, Ir) catalysts is investigated under supercritical conditions for the first time. High selectivity (close to 100%) toward methanation with good stability of catalytic activity is observed for Ru- and Rh-containing catalyst, while the preferred reduction to CO is observed for Ir/C catalyst.