To implement an experimental study of CH 4 / N 2 adsorption on Zeochem Co. zeolite 13X, a volumetric apparatus was utilized. In this regard, pure adsorption isotherms were measured at different temperatures [(273, 283, 303, 323, and 343) K] and pressures up to 10 bar, while binary data were collected at (303 and 323) K and different pressures and bulk gas phase molar fractions. Integral and differential thermodynamic consistency tests (TCT) were performed to validate the collected data and certify accuracy of the measurements. To have a thermodynamic view over the investigated system, thermodynamic functions such as enthalpy, entropy, surface potential, and Gibbs free energy were estimated numerically. Besides, the measured pure isotherms were regressed using different isotherm equations and the regressed parameters were applied to different models based on the thermodynamic theory of solutions, i.e., ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST), vacancy solution models (VSM), and Peng− Robinson two-dimensional equation of state (PR 2D-EOS). All the models were applied in the predictive scheme. Experimental and predicted adsorption data were compared through the appropriate phase diagrams. Almost all the models could predict binary adsorption behavior of CH 4 and N 2 over zeolite 13X.
Adsorption isotherms of pure methane and nitrogen and their binary mixtures on Zeochem Co. zeolite 5A were measured using a static volumetric apparatus. Pure isotherms were measured at (273, 283, 303, 323, and 343) K and pressures up to 10 bar, while binary data were measured at (303 and 323) K and different pressures and bulk gas phase compositions. Experimentally measured data were validated using the integral thermodynamic consistency test. In contrast to the aforementioned binary measurements, predictions of different thermodynamic models utilizing pure adsorption isotherms were used to describe binary adsorption behavior of methane and nitrogen over zeolite 5A. Models based on the thermodynamic theory of solutions such as ideal adsorbed solution theory, vacancy solution models, and two-dimensional equations of state were used for this purpose. Experimental and predicted equilibrium data were compared through the appropriate phase diagrams. Predicted selectivity curves were compared against experimental data. All the proposed models are capable to describe adsorption equilibria of the investigated system. Results of the present study show that methane and nitrogen form an ideal and energetically homogeneous adsorptive system on Zeochem Co. zeolite 5A.
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