A priori predictions of type I and type V isotherms by the rigid adsorbent lattice fluid
A priori predictions of type I and type V isotherms by the rigid adsorbent lattice fluid
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DOI:
10.1007/s10450-019-00174-7
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发表时间:
2019-11-23
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3.3
通讯作者:
Brandani, Stefano
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作者:
Verbraeken, Maarten C.;Brandani, Stefano
Adsorbents exhibiting non type I adsorption behaviour are becoming increasingly more important in industrial applications, such as drying and gas separation. The ability to model these processes is essential in process optimisation and intensification, but requires an accurate description of the adsorption isotherms under a range of conditions. Here we describe how the Rigid Adsorbent Lattice Fluid is capable of a priori predictions both type I and type V adsorption behaviour in silicalite-1. The predictions are consistent with experimental observations for aliphatic (type I) and polar (type V) molecules in this hydrophobic material. Type V behaviour is related to molecular clustering and the paper discusses the model parameters governing the presence/absence of this behaviour in the predicted isotherms. It is found that both the solid porosity and the adsorbate interaction energy/energy density are deciding factors for the isotherm shape. Importantly, the model, whilst thermodynamically consistent, is macroscopic and thus computationally light and requires only a small number of physically meaningful parameters.