Effect of Water Loading on Effective Diffusivity in Industrial Adsorbents
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2000
Publication Title
Adsorption Science and Technology
Abstract
Transport of gases through porous materials that exhibit bimodal pore size distribution is determined by a combination of molecular, Knudsen and/or micropore diffusion. To isolate the mechanism of mass transport through such materials, transport rates of small alkane hydrocarbons were measured through single pellets of industrial adsorbents SA and 13X in a Wicke-Kallenbach set up. Experiments were performed with dry pellets as well as pellets with different levels of water loading to block the micropores present in the material. Transient responses were shifted due to water loading. Steady-state apparent effective diffusivity in 13X pellet was also affected. Macropore-micropore-macropore and micropore in series model was used to explain experimental observation.
Repository Citation
Guo, Junhai; Shah, Dhananjai B.; and Talu, Orhan, "Effect of Water Loading on Effective Diffusivity in Industrial Adsorbents" (2000). Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications. 91.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/encbe_facpub/91
Original Citation
Junhai Guo, D.B. Shah and O. Talu, “Effect of Water Loading On Effective Diffusivity in Industrial Adsorbents” Proceedings of 2nd Pacific Basin Conference on Adsorption Science and Technology, Editor: D.D. Do, World Scientific, Singapore, p558-562, 2000.
DOI
10.1142/9789812793331_0111
