Journal
SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 13, Pages 1995-2003Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.594481
Keywords
adsorption; MACADEMIA; metal-organic frameworks; MIL-53(Al); xylene separation
Funding
- European Community [228862]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) [REEQ/1062/CTM/2005, REDE/1512/RME/2005]
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Metal-organic framework MIL-53(Al) pellets were tested for the selective adsorption and separation of xylene isomers, in liquid phase and using n-heptane as eluent. The objective of this work is to assess relevant data for a posterior xylene isomers separation process design. In order to complete this study, single and multi-component breakthrough experiments were performed at 313 K, in the presence of n-heptane. MIL-53(Al) presented a preference for o-xylene over m-xylene and p-xylene in all experiments. The selectivities of 2.0 were obtained for o-xylene over m-xylene and over p-xylene. It is concluded that MIL-53(Al) may be used for separating o-xylene from the other xylene isomers, using n-heptane as desorbent. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Separation Science & Technology to view the free supplemental file.
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