Henry’s
constants are evaluated from 164 isotherms from
64 published studies with the goal of providing information for use
in the design of PSA, TSA, and adsorption columns. The isotherms are
inspected using the linear virial isotherm as a probe mechanism. Five
different categories of isotherms may be identified by this technique.
Henry’s law constants, K′ in g/100gZ/kPa
and dimensionless K, are given by
and
where −ΔU
0 = 18.55 kJ/mol and −ΔH
0 = 20.53 kJ/mol. The values of −ΔH
0 are comparable to most literature values,
but some idiosyncratic data are identified. Heats of adsorption and
entropy changes are evaluated from the Henry constants. Consideration
of the heats of adsorption indicates homogeneous adsorption in the
α cage for much of the isotherm and for most forms of 13X zeolites
studied. The isosteric heat of adsorption data in the literature revealed
that adsorption of nitrogen on the 13X zeolite is primarily homogeneous
in the large cavity at ≈19 kJ/mol. There are exceptions, such
as inhomogeneous loading and adsorption in the β cage. Evaluation
of entropy changes upon adsorption indicates that order increases
from the vapor phase to the adsorbed phase in the α cage and
even more so in the β cage. The entropy of adsorption between
the gas phase and adsorbed phase indicated a decrease of 35 J/mol·K
for adsorption in the large cavity and 59 J/mol·K on adsorption
into the sodalite cage.