Abstract
Adsorption of pure carbon dioxide and methane was examined on activated carbon prepared from pine cone by chemical activation with H3PO4 to determine the potential for the separation of CO2 from CH4. The prepared adsorbent was characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption, elemental analysis, FTIR, SEM and TEM. The equilibrium adsorption of CO2 and CH4 on AC was determined at 298, 308 and 318 K and pressure range of 1–16 bar. The experimental data of both gases were analyzed using Langmuir and Freundlich models. For CO2, the Langmuir isotherm presented a perfect fit, whereas the isotherm of CH4 was well described by Freundlich model. The selectivity of CO2 over CH4 by AC (CO2: CH4=50: 50, 298K, 5 bar), predicted by ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) model, was achieved at 1.68. These data demonstrated that pine cone-based AC prepared in this study can be successfully used in separation of CO2 from CH4.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Z. H. Rada, H.R. Abid, J. Shang, Y. He, P. Webley, S. Liu, H. Sun and S. Wang, Fuel, 160, 318 (2015).
S. Gilassi and N. Rahmanian, Appl. Math. Model., 39, 6599 (2015).
H. Halim, A. Shariff and M. Bustam, Sep. Purif. Technol., 152, 87 (2015).
S. S. A. Talesh, S. Fatemi, S. Hashemi and M. Ghasemi, Sep. Sci. Technol., 45, 1295 (2010).
G.K. Parshetti, S. Chowdhury and R. Balasubramanian, Fuel, 148, 246 (2015).
L. Guo, X. Hu, G. Hu, J. Chen, Z. Li, W. Dai, H. F. Dacosta and M. Fan, Fuel Process. Technol., 138, 663 (2015).
J. L. Spenik, L. J. Shadle, R.W. Breault, J. S. Hoffman and M. L. Gray, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 54, 5388 (2015).
B. S. Caglayan and A. E. Aksoylu, J. Hazard. Mater., 252-253, 19 (2013).
Q. Zhou, Y.-F. Duan, Y.-G. Hong, C. Zhu, M. She, J. Zhang and H.-Q. Wei, Fuel Process. Technol., 134, 325 (2015).
V.K. Gupta, D. Pathania, S. Sharma and P. Singh, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 401, 125 (2013).
M. Momčilović, M. Purenović, A. Bojić, A. Zarubica and M. Ranđelović, Desalination, 276, 53 (2011).
D. J. Malik, V. Strelko Jr., M. Streat and A. M. Puziy, Water Res., 36, 1527 (2002).
V. Boonamnuayvitaya, C. Chaiya, W. Tanthapanichakoon and S. Jarudilokkul, Sep. Purif. Technol., 35, 11 (2004).
A.C. Martins, O. Pezoti, A. L. Cazetta, K. C. Bedin, D.A. Yamazaki, G. F. Bandoch, T. Asefa, J.V. Visentainer and V.C. Almeida, Chem. Eng. J., 260, 291 (2015).
W.C. Lim, C. Srinivasakannan and A. Al Shoaibi, J. Clean. Prod., 102, 501 (2015).
T. Bohli, A. Ouederni, N. Fiol and I. Villaescusa, Comptes. Rendus. Chimie., 18, 88 (2015).
S. Dawood, T. K. Sen and C. Phan, Water Air Soil Pollut., 225, 1 (2014).
M. Brebu, S. Ucar, C. Vasile and J. Yanik, Fuel, 89, 1911 (2010).
C. Saucier, M.A. Adebayo, E. C. Lima, R. Cataluña, P. S. Thue, L.D. Prola, M. Puchana-Rosero, F.M. Machado, F.A. Pavan and G. Dotto, J. Hazard. Mater., 289, 18 (2015).
O. Pezoti, A.L. Cazetta, I.P. Souza, K.C. Bedin, A.C. Martins, T.L. Silva and V. C. Almeida, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 20, 4401 (2014).
W.C. Lim, C. Srinivasakannan and N. Balasubramanian, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol., 88, 181 (2010).
M. Açıkyıldız, A. Gürses, K. Güneş and D. Yalvaç, Appl. Surf. Sci., 354, 279 (2015).
M. Kilic, E. Apaydin-Varol and A. E. Pütün, J. Hazard. Mater., 189, 397 (2011).
S. Wang, T. Terdkiatburana and M. Tadé, Sep. Purif. Technol., 62, 64 (2008).
S. Kaur, S. Rani, R. Mahajan, M. Asif and V. K. Gupta, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 22, 19 (2015).
Y. Keren, M. Borisover and N. Bukhanovsky, Chemosphere, 138, 462 (2015).
M.A. Sheikh, M.M. Hassan and K. F. Loughlin, Gas Sep. Purif., 10, 161 (1996).
R.-L. Tseng, P.-H. Wu, F.-C. Wu and R.-S. Juang, Chem. Eng. J., 237, 153 (2014).
L. Kong, R. Zou, W. Bi, R. Zhong, W. Mu, J. Liu, R. P. Han and R. Zou, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 17771 (2014).
J.-R. Li, J. Sculley and H.-C. Zhou, Chem. Rev., 112, 869 (2011).
A. Myers and J. M. Prausnitz, AIChE J., 11, 121 (1965).
C. Yu, M. G. Cowan, R.D. Noble and W. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 50, 5745 (2014).
W. Luerruk, A. Shotipruk, V. Tantayakom, P. Prasitchoke and C. Muangnapoh, Front. Chem. Eng. China, 3, 52 (2009).
S. Khalili, A.A. Ghoreyshi, M. Jahanshahi and K. Pirzadeh, CLEANSoil, Air, Water, 41, 939 (2013).
P. Justin, Hydrogen adsorption by alkali metal graphite intercalation compounds, Diss. California Institute of Technology (2010).
M. Loredo-Cancino, E. Soto-Regalado, F. Cerino-Córdova, R. García-Reyes, A. García-León and M. Garza-González, J. Environ. Manag., 125, 117 (2013).
Z.-Y. Zhong, Q. Yang, X.-M. Li, K. Luo, Y. Liu and G.-M. Zeng, Ind. Crop. Prod., 37, 178 (2012).
Y.-S. Bae, O.K. Farha, J.T. Hupp and R.Q. Snurr, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 2131 (2009).
I. Prasetyo and D. Do, Chem. Eng. Sci., 53, 3459 (1998).
S. Khalili, A. A. Ghoreyshi and M. Jahanshahi, Chem. Ind. Chem. Eng. Quart., 19, 153 (2013).
M. Cinke, J. Li, C.W. Bauschlicher, A. Ricca and M. Meyyappan, Chem. Phys. Lett., 376, 761 (2003).
M. H. Kalavathy, T. Karthikeyan, S. Rajgopal and L.R. Miranda, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 292, 354 (2005).
T. Anirudhan and P. Radhakrishnan, Chem. Eng. J., 165, 142 (2010).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Khalili, S., Khoshandam, B. & Jahanshahi, M. A comparative study of CO2 and CH4 adsorption using activated carbon prepared from pine cone by phosphoric acid activation. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 33, 2943–2952 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-016-0138-y
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-016-0138-y