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Adsorption equilibria of the gases CH4, N2, and CO2 and their binary and ternary mixtures on activated carbon Norit R1 Extra have been measured in the pressure range 0 ≤ P ≤ 6 MPa at T = 298 K. Pure gas adsorption equilibria were measured gravimetrically. Coadsorption data of the three binary mixtures CH4/N2, CH4/CO2, and CO2/N2 were obtained by the volume-gravimetric method. Isotherms of five ternary mixtures CH4/CO2/N2 were measured using the volumetric-chromatographic method. First, we present in a short overview the method and procedure of measurement. In a second part, the measured data of pressures, surface excess amounts adsorbed and absolute amounts adsorbed are presented and analyzed. In the last part of the paper the resulting pure gas adsorption data are correlated using a generalized dual-site Langmuir isotherm. Mixture adsorption can be predicted by this model using only pure component parameters with fair accuracy. Results are presented and discussed in several tables and figures.
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Dreisbach, F., Staudt, R. & Keller, J. High Pressure Adsorption Data of Methane, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide and their Binary and Ternary Mixtures on Activated Carbon. Adsorption 5, 215–227 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008914703884
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