Synthesis of 4A-Zeolite for Adsorption of CO₂

Abstract:

The gas separation is a very expensive step in the chemical industry and unquestionable relevance. In this work, was verified the efficiency of the use of type A-zeolites in the separation of CO₂ in a gas mixture containing 25% CO₂, 4% O₂ and 71% N₂. These concentrations are similar to the effluent gases from combustion processes. To this end, was synthesized type A-zeolites using commercial kaolin and mounted to an adsorption column to test the effectiveness of zeolites in the adsorption of CO₂. The synthesized zeolites had surface area equal to 66.22 m²/g. The CO₂ concentration was determined by gas chromatography with TCD detector. After adjusting the data to the Langmuir model, it was obtained the kinetic parameters of adsorption. Based on these parameters was found the ability of the zeolite to adsorb CO₂, using a column of 0.461285 mg/g. The adsorption results have proved promising and showed maximum adsorption of 78.4% after a time of 10 seconds.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 805)
• Pages: 632-637
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.805.632
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Luciana Onofre Vieira*, Alexandre Canarin Madeira, Aline Merlini, Carolina Resmini Melo, Erlon Mendes, Maria Glória Santos, Márcio Roberto da Rocha, Elídio Angioletto
• Keywords: Adsorption, CO₂, Kinetic, Langmuir, Zeolite

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