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In this work, we investigate the potential of CuCl-functionalized HY zeolite (CuCl@HY) as an effective adsorbent for the ethylene/ethane separation. The CuCl@HY adsorbents were prepared with CuCl2 as precursor by a solid-state dispersion method, followed by the activation with CO. The CuCl@HY adsorbents with different CuCl loadings were investigated for ethylene and ethane adsorptions, and evaluated the reversibility for multiple ethylene adsorption/desorption cycles. The experimental results reveal that the optimal adsorbent with copper loadings of 5 mmol/g HY zeolite displays high ethylene adsorption capacity, high C2H4/C2H6 adsorption selectivity and good reversibility. In addition, the adsorption equilibrium isotherms of ethylene and ethane on CuCl@HY at temperatures up to 333 K can be well correlated by the Sips models, and the corresponding isosteric heats of adsorption are calculated using the Clausius–Clapeyron equation. The value of isosteric heat of adsorption suggests that the interaction of CuCl@HY with ethylene molecules is between physisorption and chemisorption.
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Gao, F., Wang, Y., Wang, X. et al. Adsorptive separation of ethylene/ethane mixtures with CuCl@HY adsorbent: equilibrium and reversibility. J Porous Mater 24, 713–719 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-016-0308-7
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