Parameter study on the adsorptive drying of isopropanol in a fixed bed adsorber
Parameter study on the adsorptive drying of isopropanol in a fixed bed adsorber
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DOI:
10.1016/j.seppur.2014.06.030
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发表时间:
2014-08
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8.6
通讯作者:
Bernd Burrichter;C. Pasel;M. Luckas;D. Bathen
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作者:
Bernd Burrichter;C. Pasel;M. Luckas;D. Bathen
This work focuses on the influence of process parameters on the dynamics of adsorptive water removal from polar organic solvents in a fixed bed adsorber. As a model solvent isopropanol with water concentrations between 5 and 4000 ppmwwas used. In a first step equilibrium loadings on 3A and 4A zeolites were determined by shaker bottle experiments. The results were fitted to the Langmuir equation. In a second step fixed bed experiments were carried out in order to characterize the dynamic behavior of the adsorption process. In these experiments 3A zeolite shows a better drying performance than 4A zeolite. The breakthrough curves (BTC) could be well described by dynamic simulations using a set of differential equations for the mass balances and a linear driving force approach (LDF) for the kinetics. Pore diffusivities in the order of 10−12m2/s were obtained by the simulation, indicating that surface diffusion in the pores of the zeolites is the predominant mechanism of mass transfer.