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- Title
Performance of adsorption isotherms kernels of CO<sub>2</sub> models for γ-alumina characterization.
- Authors
da Silva Pereira, Andréa; Philipovsky, Lucas; Gonçalves, Rafael Vasconcelos; de Oliveira, José Carlos Alexandre; Gonçalves, Daniel Vasconcelos; Bastos-Neto, Moises; de Lucena, Sebastião Mardônio Pereira
- Abstract
γ-alumina is the most studied metastable phase of the alumina. It is recognized as a strategic material in many industrial processes, acting as adsorbent, catalyst or support due to its high surface area, thermal and chemical stability. Its heterogeneous surface imposes a challenge for characterization by adsorption. The use of experimental adsorption data, combined with the theoretical approach of molecular simulation is becoming the standard adsorption-based technique to characterization. Therefore, this study aims to launch a first insight in the performance of the atom–atom (AA) and united-atom (UA) molecular models of the CO2, a probe gas less prone to diffusion limitations, given the lack of an appropriate kernel for the γ-alumina characterization. A detailed experimental isotherm of CO2 in γ-alumina was performed and a collection of isotherms was calculated applying Monte Carlo method in the grand canonical ensemble. To build the kernel, isotherm in 10 different slit-pore sizes were calculated. The different pore filing regimes result in a kernel with good reliability window. With these CO2 kernels (AA and AU models), reasonable pore size distributions were predicted, capturing the low range of microporosity. Additional assessment with others probes gas is recommended to confirm the feasibility of CO2 as a characterizing molecule.
- Publication
Adsorption, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 7, p1035
- ISSN
0929-5607
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10450-021-00332-w