基于改进型吸附等温线模型的空气预纯化TSA双层床模拟

为了掌握空气中CO2和水蒸气在空分装置双层床变温吸附(TSA)纯化器中的动态吸附特性,通过LDF传质假设及非绝热假设,建立了一维二元稀组分系统的双层床TSA过程数学模型。一种改进型的多组分等温线模型用于描述水蒸气的Ⅱ型吸附等温线以及水蒸气和CO2混合物的吸附平衡关系。通过对比模拟结果与TSA纯化器的现场监控数据发现,基于改进型等温线模型的模拟结果与现场数据吻合良好。最后对多种工况下的TSA纯化器中的温度、浓度及吸附量床层分布和穿透曲线进行了数值模拟和分析。     

变色硅胶与ZSM-5沸石分子筛的吸附脱附特性

针对吸附材料在太阳能吸附空调系统中的应用, 对变色硅胶和ZSM-5沸石对水蒸气的吸附脱附特性进行了实验研究。结果表明, 在一定温度下, 两种吸附材料对水蒸气的吸附速率随相对湿度增大而增加, 但增加幅度逐渐减小。环境温度对材料的吸附脱附性能有重要影响, 低温下易吸附, 高温时易脱附。温度升高, 材料的吸附脱附速率增加, 但平衡吸附量降低, 平衡脱附百分比升高。比较两种吸附材料的吸附特性发现, ZSM-5沸石具有较快的吸附速率, 但是其平衡吸附量低于变色硅胶。与变色硅胶的渐近线型吸附等温线不同, ZSM-5沸石的吸附等温线呈S型。比较两种材料的脱附特性发现, 在温度低于100℃时, ZSM-5沸石的脱附百分比大于变色硅胶。此外ZSM-5沸石能够在高温下进行脱附, 而变色硅胶在高温环境下会失去结晶水而变质, 因此脱附温度必须控制在120℃以下。     

WATER VAPOR ADSORPTION-DESORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF A MIXED ADSORBENT

Air conditioning systems that are incorporating desiccant based dehumidifiers are finding increased applications over traditional vapor compression refrigeration systems due to their efficient handling of latent heat loads. Generally, silica gel, molecular sieves, or activated alumina coaled on a rotating honeycomb type desiccant matrix is used as a dehumidifier in these systems. However, shapes of the isotherm for water vapor adsorption on these materials are not favorable for optimal performance of desiccant cooling systems. Theoretical studies have shown that a material having a type I isotherm for water vapor, whose shape lies between that on molecular sieve 13X and silica gel would lower installation and operating costs of desiccant based air-conditioning systems.

An adsorbent was prepared by mixing a silica gel, molecular sieve 13X, and a hydrophobic molecular sieve. The mixed adsorbent was mixed with a binder and was further coated on both sides of a 0.0014“ thick aluminum foil. Both plain and corrugated foils were used in preparing a desiccant matrix. A plain sheet was inserted in between two corrugated sheets and then they were rolled into a cylinder. The shape of water adsorption isotherm and equilibrium water adsorption capacity were obtained for this desiccant matrix. The shape of the water isotherm in the temperature range of 288-308 K was found to be more favorable than that on silica gel or molecular sieve 13X. However, the total water adsorption capacity of the new mixed adsorbent was significantly lower than these materials. The water adsorption data on the mixed adsorbent could be correlated according to Polyani's potential theory     

Modeling of Drying of Gaseous Mixtures in TSA System with Fixed Bed of Solid Desiccants

A nonisothermal, nonequilibrium mathematical model was developed to theoretically analyze adsorptive drying of gaseous mixtures containing water and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The analysis concerns a four-bed cyclic temperature swing adsorption (TSA) system. The two fixed beds are formed of silica gel primarily as the water vapor adsorbent. The other two consist of activated carbon as the adsorbent of the organic component (e.g., benzene, isopropanol). In the model, possible insignificant interactions among the VOCs and water during adsorption and desorption were neglected. The following parameters were considered to study their effect on the process efficiency: relative humidity of the inlet gas, temperature of the purge gas, and height of the adsorbent beds. Simulation results showed that both the shape of the adsorption isotherm and heat effects played an important role in the breakthrough behavior of water vapor adsorption on silica gel. The model accurately simulated experimental data taken from literature.     

Water and mercaptan adsorption on 13X zeolite in natural gas purification process

The aim of this work is to model the adsorption process used for mercaptan and water removal from natural gas. Three fixed beds containing Zeolite molecular sieve type 13X, are used in this plant. In this operation, two beds are in process for adsorption purposes and the other one is regenerated simultaneously. This system is also operated under isothermal condition. In modeling of this process, rate of adsorption is approximated by linear driving force (LDF) expression, and the extended Langmuir isotherm is used to describe adsorption equilibrium. The set of partial differential equations of dynamic model is solved by Crank-Nicolson method. The effect of equations of state is also studied and the best equation fitting the industrial data is selected. Also, concentration profile is presented versus bed length at various times. The influences of pressure, inlet concentration and bed height on the breakthrough time are also investigated.     

CO_2和CO在分子筛与活性炭上的吸附平衡

本文分别用静态称重法测定了CO_2和CO在5A,13X,NaY分子筛与活性炭上的吸附等温线,用流动法测定了CO_2-N_2体系中CO_2在13X分子筛与活性炭上25℃时的吸附等温线以及透过曲线（break-through curve）。吸附等温线分别用Langmuir方程和Freundlich方程回归。     

Unusual adsorber dynamics due to S-shaped equilibrium isotherm

A fixed bed adsorption study has been performed to investigate the effect of S-shaped (Type V) equilibrium isotherm on the breakthrough patterns. The adsorption breakthrough data of benzene vapours on dealuminated zeolite Y were collected by using a lab-scale fixed bed apparatus. It was found that the adsorption system, at influent concentrations from 100 to 5,000 ppm at 303 K, yields breakthrough curves of unusual shapes. A mathematical model was applied to predict the complex breakthrough patterns at various conditions. The experimental and modelling results suggest that the unusual breakthrough curve is due to the basic shape of the equilibrium isotherm.     

Uses of Ozone in a Three-Phase System for Water Treatment: Ozone Adsorption

A new technique of using ozone for water treatment is presented. This new technique consists of using a three-step-process composed firstly of ozone adsorption on an appropriate adsorbent, secondly water treatment, and thirdly regeneration of the adsorbent. Results regarding ozone adsorption (the first step) are presented in this paper. Different types of silica gel and a type of TiO₂ have been tested for ozone adsorption. It was found that the physical characteristics of the silica gel affect its capacity for ozone. Titanium dioxide has shown ozone decomposition instead of adsorption as it contains Lewis acid sites. An exponential decrease of the silica gel capacity with its moisture content has been found. Linear isotherms in the range of ozone concentrations less than 100?g/m³ NTP have been found. A particle diffusion model with linear equilibrium isotherm has been used to model the breakthrough curves in fixed bed columns.     

酒精中甲醇,水在NaA沸石上吸附性能的研究

本文测定了酒精中甲醇、水单组分及二元组分的吸附等温线,并用Langmuir方程进行了拟合。在固定床动态吸附研究申测定了酒精中甲醇、水单组分及双组分吸附穿透曲线;着重考察了流速、温度、不同甲醇和水含量对双组分吸附性能的影响。对二个组分的传质机理及置换关系进行了分析探讨。     

Adsorption with axial diffusion in shallow beds

Approach to constant pattern behavior and breakthrough behavior are analyzed for adsorption in fixed beds with axial diffusion. Local equilibrium between fluid and solid phases is assumed, with concentrations related by favorable Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. Results are presented as midheight slopes of internal and actual breakthrough curves and as breadths of actual breakthrough curves. The solutions merge smoothly with asymptotic limits appropriate for deep beds and results obtained here for very short beds. It is shown that breakthrough curves are sharper than corresponding internal breakthrough curves for beds of any length, with the difference being even more pronounced in shallow beds than in deep beds. The principal factor that determines whether or not a breakthrough curve differs significantly from the corresponding internal breakthrough curve, regardless of whether the bed is long or short or the isotherm very favorable or linear, is the breadth of the adsorption wave near the bed outlet.     

Criteria for Selection of an Adsorbent for a Temperature Swing Process: Applied to Purification of an Aliphatic Solvent Contaminated with Aromatic Solutes

Abstract

Temperature swing adsorption (TSA) is different in several respects from conventional adsorption. This paper explores the distinctions from the standpoint of adsorbent characteristics. In particular, a fixed-bed TSA process is considered for separating dilute aromatics from aliphatics (e.g., toluene and/or xylene in heptane). Relevant adsorbent characteristics include thermal-exchange capacity and properties that affect dissipative effects, e.g., intraparticle diffusivity, bed permeability, axial dispersion coefficient, and thermal diffusivity. Many of the dissipative effects can be manipulated by adjusting particle size, though trade-offs exist that have no clear-cut technical resolution. The adsorbents considered were silica gel, activated alumina, activated carbon, zeolite 13X, and a polymeric adsorbent (XAD-7). Silica gel was selected due to its superior thermal-exchange capacity. The other properties did not vary enough among the other adsorbents to compensate for their lesser capacities.     

Adsorption dynamics of ethane from air in structured fixed beds with different microfibrous composites

Adsorption dynamics of ethane in two granular fixed beds and structured fixed beds with microfibrous composites was studied. 5A zeolite membrane 5A/PSSF(paper-like sintered stainless steel fiber) and microfibrous entrapped activated carbon(MEAC) composites were prepared by wet layup papermaking/sintering technique and in-situ hydrothermal method. Microfibrous composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and N₂ adsorption/desorption. Structured fixed...     

Adsorption dynamics and effects of carbon to zeolite ratio of layered beds for multicomponent gas adsorption

To optimize the performance of an adsorption bed, layered beds of activated carbon and zeolite 5A are used for multicomponent gas separation (H₂: 72.2%, CO₂: 21.6%, CO: 2.03%, CH₄: 4.17%). The adsorption dynamic characteristics were studied experimentally and theoretically using layered beds of activated carbon and zeolite 5A at 8 atm adsorption pressure and 16.67 L/min feed rate. Non-isothermal and non-adiabatic models, based on a linear driving force model and Dual-Site Langmuir adsorption isotherm model, were used. As the carbon ratio increased, the average velocity of CH₄ wavefront became slow, and wavefronts of CO and CO₂ propagated quickly on average.     

以F200和Sorbead WS为保护层真空变压吸附捕集CO2（英文）

In order to solve the water issues when 13X zeolite was applied to capture CO 2 from wet flue gas by vacuum swing adsorption process, multi-layered adsorption system was considered regarding activated alumina F200 and silica gel based Sorbead WS as pre-layer materials. LBET (extended Largmuir-BET) model and extended CMMS (cooperative multimolecular sorption) equation were simulated respectively to describe water loading on F200 and Sorbead WS. The two equations can be well added into our in-house simulator to simulate double-layered CO 2 -VSA (vacuum swing adsorption) process. Results indicated that water can be successfully stopped in pre-layers with a good CO 2 capture performance.     

Propane/Propylene Separation by Simulated Moving Bed II. Measurement and Prediction of Binary Adsorption Equilibria of Propane,Propylene, Isobutane,and 1-Butene on 13X Zeolite

Abstract

The design of a simulated moving bed (SMB) process relies on valid thermodynamic predictions of multicomponent adsorption built up from accurate binary adsorption equilibrium data. Experimental adsorption equilibria of binary mixtures constituted by propane, propylene, isobutane and 1-butene on 13X zeolite were determined using breakthrough experiments at 373 K and 150 kPa. In addition, these binary adsorption experiments allow to confirm the choice of isobutane as an interesting desorbent for the separation of propane-propylene by SMB, since it has an intermediate selectivity between the two species to separate. Various prediction models are available in the literature but only a few of them have both physical and thermodynamical consistency. The ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST), the thermodynamically consistent extended Toth model (TCET), and the physically-consistent extended Toth isotherm (PCET) were used to predict binary adsorption equilibria from pure component adsorption isotherms parameters. The PCET model was found suitable for representing the adsorption equilibrium of the different hydrocarbon mixtures with a reasonably good accuracy.     

多壁碳纳米管嵌入13X/MgCl2复合吸附剂的性能实验

配制了将不同含量的多壁碳纳米管（MWCNT）加入复合吸附剂13X/MgCl₂中制成的新型复合吸附剂,并对其吸附、脱附和导热性能进行了测试。实验结果表明：新型复合吸附剂在闭式200℃脱附完成后,新型复合吸附剂的吸附残余量随着MWCNT含量的升高而减小,13X的吸附残余量是MWCNT含量最高的13X/MgCl₂/MWCNT（CNT-5）复合吸附剂的吸附残余量的2倍,虽然MWCNT的加入不会对13X/MgCl₂复合吸附剂在室温下的吸附性能有影响,CNT-5在开式、闭式的平衡吸附量可以达到0.52 g·g^-1和0.38 g·g^-1,分别是13X吸附量（0.24 g·g^-1）的2.2和1.6倍,但新型复合吸附剂可以脱附更多的水蒸气。新型复合吸附剂的热导率随着MWCNT含量的增大而升高,CNT-5的热导率可以达到0.265 W·m^-1·K^-1,是13X热导率的4.9倍。     

New method for monitoring of adsorption column saturation and regeneration II: on-line measurement

A new method suitable for the on-line monitoring of adsorption column saturation/regeneration cycles was developed based on the discovery that the electrical resistance of packed bed adsorbents changes dramatically upon adsorption and returns to its original value upon desorption. This change can be measured reliably and reproducibly. The two systems studied on-line in real time were methyl chloride (MeCl) adsorption on zeolite molecular sieve (HISIV 3000) and water vapour adsorption on basic alumina (RF-200). The sequential change in electrical readings at localized points within the column indicated the movement of the adsorption front, tracking the onset of breakthrough. The electrical readings returned to their original values upon desorption and the results were reproducible. Concurrently with the electrical measurements, the effluent gas of the MeCl/HISIV system was monitored for MeCl using an on-line gas chromatograph. An adsorption isotherm was created using the “length of unused bed” concept. The resistance change of the HISIV was found to be proportional to the square root of the amount of MeCl adsorbed, similarly to the C/CO₂ system discovered recently by our group. The universality of this correlation is being investigated. The simple measurement technique introduced here has the potential to improve the operating efficiency of industrial adsorption towers.     

Comparison of the adsorption dynamics of air on zeolite 5A and carbon molecular sieve beds

Adsorption and desorption in zeolite 5A and CMS beds were compared by using a ternary mixture (N₂/ O₂/Ar; 78 : 21 : 1 vol%). Because the breakthrough curves for both beds show a tail by temperature variance, a non-isothermal mathematical model was applied to the simulation of adsorption dynamics. The LDF model with a constant rate parameter was enough to predict the experimental breakthrough and temperature curves of an equilibrium separation bed, while the modified LDF model with a concentration-dependent parameter should be applied to a kinetic separation bed. In the CMS bed initially saturated with He, Ar was the first breakthrough component with N₂ following after a short interval. Then, after a long interval, the breakthrough of O₂ occurred with a broad roll-up due to its fast diffusion rate and the relatively slow diffusion rate of N₂. In the CMS bed initially saturated with O₂, the breakthrough curves of O₂ and N₂ showed a very broad shape because of the slow diffusion of N₂ into CMS. In the zeolite 5A bed, the breakthrough time sequence was Ar, O₂, and N₂ at very close time intervals. After the sharp roll-ups of O2 and Ar, the variation of the breakthrough curves was negligible. The inflection of the temperature profile in the zeolite 5A bed was caused by the crossover of the O₂ and N₂MTZs, while in the CMS bed it was caused by the difference in the diffusion rates of O₂ and N₂.     

沼气变压吸附剂吸附性能比较

研究了工程上常用的3种吸附剂CO2吸附剂硅胶、13X分子筛和碳分子筛在高压(0.1~1 MPa)下对CO2和CH4的吸附容量、稳定性和选择性,以确定其在沼气变压吸附分离中应用的可行性. 结果表明,硅胶的吸附稳定性非常好,0.1 MPa时吸附选择性系数为8~10,能有效分离CH4?CO2;13X分子筛对CH4和CO2吸附容量最高、吸附选择性最好,重复使用5次CO2的吸附容量略有下降;以CH4的损失率作为评价标准时,13X分子筛吸附CH4的损失率最低. 降压不能使被碳分子筛吸附的CH4完全解吸,吸附位不能充分释放,不适用于CH4与CO2的分离.