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Preferential Adsorption (preferential + adsorption)
Selected AbstractsSimulation and validation of ethanol removal from water in an adsorption packed bed: Isotherm and mass transfer parameter determination in batch studiesTHE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Issue 5 2010R. A. Jones Abstract Preferential adsorption of ethanol from ethanol/water mixtures in batch equilibrium and kinetic experiments were carried out on a commercially available activated carbon adsorbent Filtrasorb 600 (F-600). A model based on finite difference method was developed and employed to determine the mass transfer parameters and equilibrium behaviour for the adsorption of ethanol from simple batch systems. The estimates of the adsorption isotherm along with the mass transfer parameters were used to simulate the transient performance that could be expected in a packed bed under various operating conditions (feed flow rate, feed concentration, and particle size). The applicability of the simulation results were found to be a good match with experimental packed bed experiments over the entire range of operating conditions tested. La cinétique et l'isotherme d'adsorption de l'éthanol des mélanges eau/éthanol lors d'expériences en discontinus ont été déterminées pour un adsorbant au charbon activé disponible dans le commerce, le Filtrasorb 600 (F-600). Un modèle basé sur la méthode des différences finies a été développé et utilisé pour déterminer les paramètres de transfert de matière et étudier le comportement à l'équilibre pour l'adsorption préférentielle de l'éthanol en systèmes discontinus. Les estimations de l'isotherme d'adsorption aussi bien que les paramètres de transfert de matière ont été utilisées pour simuler la performance en régime transitoire d'un lit d'adsorbant sous diverses conditions de fonctionnement (taux d'écoulement du mélange, concentration du mélange et la taille des particules). L'applicabilité des résultats de simulation s'est avérée tout à fait concordante avec les données expérimentales sous toutes les conditions de fonctionnement examinées. [source] Influence of citric acid on calcium sulfate dihydrate crystallization in aqueous mediaCRYSTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, Issue 2 2007S. Titiz-Sargut Abstract The crystallization of Calcium sulfate dihydrate produced by the reaction between pure Ca(OH)2 suspension and H2SO4 solution was investigated at different pH values, temperatures and citric acid concentrations. Crystal size distributions, filtration rates and zeta potentials of gypsum were determined as a function of citric acid concentrations at pH 3.5 and 65°C. The influence of citric acid on the morphology of gypsum was also investigated and discussed. The average particle size of gypsum was reached to maximum in the presence of approximately 2500 ppm citric acid concentration, where the minimum cake resistance and maximum filtration rate were obtained. In the presence of citric acid, various crystal morphologies such as tabular, plate-like, double-taper leaf-like and flower-like, etc., were obtained. The change of morphology is related to the preferential adsorption of citric acid on different crystallographic faces. (© 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] Electrochemical Crystallization of Cuprous Oxide with Systematic Shape Evolution,ADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 19 2004J. Siegfried The growth of Cu2O crystals that are electrochemically deposited as micrometer-size crystals with systematically varying fractions of {100} and {111} faces is reported (the Figure depicts cubic crystals). The methodical and homogeneous shape evolution is achieved by tuning the degree of preferential adsorption of sodium dodecyl sulfate on the {111} faces of growing Cu2O crystals through pH variation. Scale bar: 1,,m. [source] ZSM-11 membranes: Characterization and pervaporation performanceAICHE JOURNAL, Issue 2 2002Shiguang Li High-quality boron and aluminium-substituted ZSM-11 membranes were prepared on porous tubular supports to separate alcohols from water by pervaporation. The C1,C3 alcohols were preferentially separated from aqueous solutions through the B-ZSM-11 membrane, and the maximum flux was 1.7 kg/m2·h for a 5 wt.% methanol/water mixture. The alcohol fluxes decreased as the carbon number increased. The methanol/water separation selectivity decreased with pervaporation temperature, but other alcohol/water selectivities increased. All selectivities increased with decreasing alcohol feed concentration. In a range of 1 to 50 wt. % alcohol, the separation selectivities at 333 K for the C1,C3 linear alcohols were higher than vapor/liquid equilibrium selectivities. The highest selectivities observed for methanol/water, ethanol/water, 1-propanol/water, and 2-propanol/water were 28, 97, 34, and 26, respectively, at 1 wt. % alcohol feed concentrations. The separation selectivities were based on both preferential adsorption of alcohols and differences in diffusion rates. [source] Specific interactions in ternary system quaternized polysulfone/mixed solventPOLYMER ENGINEERING & SCIENCE, Issue 1 2009Anca Filimon Theoretical and experimental aspects on the specific interactions developed via electrostatic interactions and hydrogen-bonding in a ternary system formed of a proton-donor solvent (N,N -dimethylformamide or methanol), a proton-acceptor solvent (water), and a quaternized polysulfone with various contents of ionic chlorine, which indicates a proton-acceptor character, are investigated. Thus, the interactions of the ternary systems are corrected on the basis of the association phenomena defined through association constants. Numerical values for these constants were evaluated as a function of the system composition, by mathematical simulations for an accurate adjustment of preferential adsorption, determined by the Flory,Huggins,Pouchly theoretical approach applied to the experimental data. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2009. © 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers [source] Adsorptive Desulfurization and Denitrogenation of Refinery Fuels Using Mesoporous Silica AdsorbentsCHEMSUSCHEM CHEMISTRY AND SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY & MATERIALS, Issue 4 2008Jun-Mi Kwon Adsorbed in what it's doing: Well-designed mesoporous silica adsorbents (see scheme) can contribute to the production of clean fuels through preferential adsorption of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing compounds from light gas oil and heavy catalytic naphtha in refinery streams. The adsorbent with Zr ions shows a higher adsorption capacity and affinity for sulfur compounds than its non-zirconia-containing counterpart. [source] Effect of Sodium Halide on Dynamic Surface Tension of a Cationic SurfactantCHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, Issue 8 2005Lü Feng-Feng Abstract The equilibrium and dynamic surface tension (DST) of the novel cationic surfactant, 3-(p -nonylphenoxy)-2-hydroxylpropyl trimethyl ammonium bromide, abbreviated as RTAB, were studied. The effect of sodium halide such as NaCl, NaBr and NaI on the DST behavior of the RTAB solution below its CMC was studied in detail. Due to the preferential adsorption, the effect of hydration and salting out, the ability to reduce the DST values at the same concentration was in the order of NaI>NaBr>NaCl. Attributed to its high surface activity, the equilibrium time of the DST of the surfactant solution was insensitive to the ionic strength. [source] |