Adsorption of n-hexane on a low-cost adsorbent obtained from waste tyres and its microwave regeneration

• Autorzy: Kotkowski Tomasz , Cherbański Robert , Molga Eugeniusz

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/cpe.2022.140811

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This work investigates adsorption of n-hexane on activated tyre pyrolysis char (ATPC) and granular activated carbon (GAC) as a reference material in a fixed-bed column. Microwave-assisted regeneration is also considered. The adsorbed amount of n-hexane on ATPC is in the range of 37–58 mg/g. Microwave-assisted desorption of ATPC samples enables the recovery of up to 95% of adsorbed n-hexane in this non-optimized microwave setup with the efficiency of microwave energy conversion into heat of only 5–6%. For the 50% breakthrough time, ATPC and GAC are able to purify the n-hexane gas volumes in the ranges of 20–90 and 935–1240 cm3/g, respectively. While adsorption kinetics is not satisfactorily described by pseudo-first and pseudo-second order kinetic models, it is very well reflected by a family of dynamic adsorption models, which are modelled with a single logistic function. Internal diffusion is likely the rate limiting step during adsorption on ATPC, while external and internal diffusion likely plays a role in adsorption to GAC. Although microwave-assisted regeneration is performed in a general purpose microwave reactor, both adsorbents show excellent performance and are very good candidates for the adsorption process. Preliminary results show that magnetite can further reduce microwave energy consumption.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

microwave regeneration; tyre pyrolysis char; granular activated carbon; n-hexane

PL

regeneracja mikrofalowa; granulowany węgiel aktywny; n-heksan

• Wydawca: Komitet Inżynierii Chemicznej i Procesowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Czasopismo: Chemical and Process Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 43, nr 1
• Strony: 57–--80
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 76 poz., wykr., tab., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Kotkowski Tomasz

• Chemical and Process Engineering Department, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Waryńskiego 1, 00-645 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Cherbański Robert

• Chemical and Process Engineering Department, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Waryńskiego 1, 00-645 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Molga Eugeniusz

• Chemical and Process Engineering Department, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Waryńskiego 1, 00-645 Warszawa, Poland

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