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How to Optimize the Electrostatic Interaction between a Solid Adsorbent and CO2

CATEGORY: CARBON CAPTURE 
How to Optimize the Electrostatic Interaction between a Solid Adsorbent and CO2


Type
Journal Article
Author
Edder J. García
Author
Javier Pérez-Pellitero
URL
Volume
118
Issue
18
Pages
9458-9467
Publication
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Date
May 8, 2014
Abstract
Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) promises to be an economically viable separation of CO2 from gas mixtures. An important step in developing efficient PSA separations is to choose an adsorbent that balances selectivity and working capacity. It is an optimization problem optimization involving the search of properties of the adsorbent that offer the best trade-off between selectivity and working capacity.
Researchers designed a method to optimize the properties of nonpolar adsorbents for PSA separation of CO2. They have extended the analysis to polar adsorbents. They employed a simplified model of the electric field generated by the solid obtain a better understanding of the effect of the geometry and the magnitude of the field on the adsorption behavior of the system. General rules about optimal adsorbents for CO2 adsorption in porous solid can be drawn, which can be used to define a strategy for the intelligent design of porous materials for CO2 separation applications.

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