Effect of Drying Method on Gas Adsorption Characteristics of Carbon Gel Microspheres |
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| Authors: | Takuji Yamamoto Akira Endo Takao Ohmori Masaru Nakaiwa Shin R Mukai Hajime Tamon |
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| Affiliation: | 1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5 , Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan yamamoto-t@aist.go.jp;3. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5 , Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;4. Department of Chemical Engineering , Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The effect of drying method used in the preparation of carbon gel microspheres was studied by comparing the porous properties of carbon cryogel microspheres (CCM) and carbon xerogel microspheres (CXM), which were respectively obtained using freeze drying and hot air drying. CCM were found to possess higher mesoporosity than CXM because freeze drying was effective to suppress the shrinkage of the mesopores during drying. On the other hand, the microporosity of the carbon gel microspheres was hardly influenced by not only the drying method but also the synthesis condition. Although the amounts of nitrogen and oxygen adsorbed were almost the same, the adsorption rate of nitrogen on both CCM and CXM possessing ultramicroporous surfaces was much larger than that of oxygen, which indicated the applicability of the carbon gel microspheres to adsorbents for pressure swing adsorption (PSA) of air. The relations between the temperature and the amount of oxygen adsorbed showed the adsorption characteristics of CCM and CXM as adsorbents for temperature swing adsorption (TSA) were almost the same. |
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| Keywords: | Porous carbon microspheres Freeze-drying Hot air drying Pressure swing adsorption Temperature swing adsorption |
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