Adsorption equilibrium and kinetics of branched hexane isomers in pellets of BETA zeolite

Sorption equilibrium and kinetics of hexane isomers: n-hexane ( nHEX), 3-methylpentane (3MP), 2,3-dimethylbutane (23DMB) and 2,2-dimethylbutane (22DMB) were studied in commercial pellets of zeolite BETA in the form HBEA with a Si/Al ratio of 150, between temperatures of 423 and 523 K and partial pre...

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Published in:Microporous and mesoporous materials 2005-04, Vol.79 (1), p.145-163
Main Authors: Bárcia, Patrick S., Silva, José A.C., Rodrigues, Alírio E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption equilibrium
Chemistry
Exact sciences and technology
General and physical chemistry
Hexane isomers
Ion-exchange
Selectivities
Surface physical chemistry
Zeolite BETA
Zeolites: preparations and properties
ZLC
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Summary:Sorption equilibrium and kinetics of hexane isomers: n-hexane ( nHEX), 3-methylpentane (3MP), 2,3-dimethylbutane (23DMB) and 2,2-dimethylbutane (22DMB) were studied in commercial pellets of zeolite BETA in the form HBEA with a Si/Al ratio of 150, between temperatures of 423 and 523 K and partial pressures up to 0.3 bar. Four different models were used to interpret the equilibrium data, named: Langmuir, multi-site Langmuir, dual-site Langmuir and Toth. The affinity to the adsorbent measured by the Henry’s constants decreases with the degree of branching, with selectivities that can reach a value of 8.8 between nHEX and 22DMB. The heats of adsorption at zero coverage decrease with the degree of branching, being: 63.4 kJ/mol for nHEX, 59.7 kJ/mol for 3MP, 57.1 kJ/mol for 23DMB and 53.6 kJ/mol for 22DMB. However, the isosteric heat of sorption changes with coverage with a different behavior for the three isomers. Sorption kinetics studied by the Zero Length Chromatography (ZLC) technique allowed us to find the nature of controlling the diffusion mechanism (macropore or micropore); for nHEX and 3MP macropore diffusion is controlling with activation energies similar to the heats of sorption at zero coverage. For 23DMB and 22DMB, the controlling mechanism changes, being the system governed apparently by both macropore and micropore diffusion. Data from this work are also compared with those reported in literature for both zeolite BETA and silicalite.
ISSN:1387-1811
1873-3093
DOI:10.1016/j.micromeso.2004.10.037