Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2011, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 149-154.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2011.00149

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Adsorption/Desorption Performance of CO2on Pitch-based SphericalActivated Carbons

XIE Fei, WANG Yan Li, ZHAN Liang, GE Ming, LIANG Xiao-Yi, QIAO Wen-Ming, LING Li-Cheng   

  1. State KeyLaboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science andTechnology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • Received:2010-05-05 Revised:2010-06-25 Published:2011-02-20 Online:2011-01-21
  • Supported by:

    863 Program (2008AA062302); National Science Foundation of China (50730003, 50672025, 20806024, 51002051); Research Fund of China for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20070251008) ; Shanghai International Cooperation Project (08160704000)

Abstract: Therelationship between the pore structure parameter of pitch-based sphericalactivated carbons (PSACs) and adsorption capacity ofCO2 was investigated as well as the desorption performance. The pore structure characteristics of PSACs were analyzed by nitrogenadsorption at 77K and the equilibrium adsorption amount of CO2 wasdetermined through the breakthrough curve. The results indicated that there wasa linear relationship between the equilibrium adsorption amount of CO2and the specific surface area of micropores with pore size smaller than 1 nm.When 5% melamine was coated on the surface of PSAC, the equilibrium adsorptionamount of CO2 increased 26.3% from 0.91 mmol/g to 1.15 mmol/g. Thedesorption cycle efficiency of CO2 is 74.6% with Vacuum SwingAdsorption (VSA), while it can reach 100% with combined Electric SwingAdsorption (ESA) and VSA.

Key words: pitch-based spherical activated carbon, carbon dioxide, adsorption

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