Dynamic Adsorption and Desorption of CO₂ from Binary Mixtures of CH₄ and C₃H₈ on X Type Zeolites

Charly Mve Mfoumou^1, , Pradel Tonda-Mikiela¹, Francis Ngoye¹, Thomas Belin² and Samuel Mignard²

¹Laboratoire de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux Inorganiques (LC2MI), URCHI / Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (USTM), BP : 943 Franceville-Gabon

²Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), UMR 7285 CNRS / Université de Poitiers, 4 Rue Michel Brunet, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France

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Charly Mve Mfoumou, Pradel Tonda-Mikiela, Francis Ngoye, Thomas Belin and Samuel Mignard. Dynamic Adsorption and Desorption of CO₂ from Binary Mixtures of CH₄ and C₃H₈ on X Type Zeolites. American Journal of Environmental Protection. 2022; 10(2):83-90. doi: 10.12691/env-10-2-5

Abstract

Dynamic adsorption and desorption of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from binary gas mixtures (CO₂/CH₄ and CO₂/C₃H₈) was carried out on BaX and NaX zeolites in order to study the influence of methane and propane on the CO₂ adsorption capacities and on the preferential adsorption sites of CO₂. The adsorption proprieties of CH₄ and C₃H₈ molecules on the adsorbents were also evaluated. This study enabled to conclude that methane has no affinity with NaX and BaX zeolites in our experimental conditions. On the other hand, whatever the adsorbent studied, the results show favorable adsorption sites to trapping of propane. The adsorption capacities of propane at saturation on NaX and BaX zeolites are 0.035 and 0.075 mmol g^-1 respectively. However, BaX zeolite is the adsorbent which presents more affinity for propane with the strongest propane/zeolite interactions. The study of CO₂ adsorption in presence CH₄ and C₃H₈ on the NaX zeolite indicates a decrease of the CO₂/cation interactions and of adsorbed CO₂ amounts at saturation. The capacities loss are about of 17% and 30% when carbon dioxide adsorption is carried out in binary mixture CO₂/CH₄ and CO₂/C₃H₈ respectively. In addition, a loss of preferential adsorption sites of carbon dioxide between 443 - 483 K is also observable in the presence of CH₄ on NaX zeolite. However on BaX zeolite, the presence of CH₄ and C₃H₈ improves the accumulation of CO₂ in the porosity. The capacities of CO₂ adsorption are improved about of 18% whatever the gas mixture studied. Moreover, contrary to NaX zeolite, a conservation of preferential adsorption sites of CO₂ on BaX zeolite in the temperature range studied (295 - 623 K) is visible. It seems that the presence of methane and propane doesn’t affect the adsorption proprieties of carbon dioxide on BaX zeolite in our experimental conditions.

Keywords:
dynamic adsorption Zeolite X binary gas mixture Carbon dioxide (CO₂) adsorption / desorption Methane (CH₄) Propane (C₃H₈)

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