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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 163, Issue 1, Pages 73-81Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.055
Keywords
Butyl acetate adsorption; Y and ZSM-5 zeolites; Breakthrough curve; Humidity; Adsorption model
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- Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia (MOSTI)
- IRPA [08-02-05-1039 EA 001]
- Universiti Sains Malaysia in the form of Research University (RU)
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Adsorption behaviours of butyl acetate in air have been studied over silver-loaded Y (Si/AI = 40) and ZSM-5 (Si/AI = 140) zeolites. The silver metal was loaded into the zeolites by ion exchange (IE) and impregnation (IM) methods. The adsorption study was mainly conducted at a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 13,000 h(-1) with the organic concentration of 1000 ppm while the desorption step was carried out at a GHSV of 5000 h-1. The impregnated silver-loaded adsorbents showed lower uptake capacity and shorter breakthrough time by about 10 min, attributed to changes in the pore characteristics and available surface for adsorption. Silver exchanged Y (AgY(IE)) with lower hydrophobicity showed higher uptake capacity of up to 35%, longer adsorbent service time and easier desorption compared to AgZSM-5(IE). The presence of water vapour in the feed suppressed the butyl acetate adsorption of AgY(IE) by 42% due to the competitive adsorption of water on the surface and the effect was more pronounced at lower GHSV. Conversely, the adsorption capacity of AgZSM-5(IE) was minimally affected, attributed to the higher hydrophobicity of the material. A mathematical model is proposed to simulate the adsorption behaviour of butyl acetate over AgY(IE) and AgZSM-5(IE). The model parameters were successfully evaluated and used to accurately predict the breakthrough curves under various process conditions with root square mean errors of between 0.05 and 0.07. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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