YUAN Ying, CHEN Yujia, HE Anping, et al. Study on preparation of carbon molecular sieves for pressure swing adsorption separation of CH4/N2 and their separation performance. [J]. Low-carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 48(5):155-162(2023)
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YUAN Ying, CHEN Yujia, HE Anping, et al. Study on preparation of carbon molecular sieves for pressure swing adsorption separation of CH4/N2 and their separation performance. [J]. Low-carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 48(5):155-162(2023) DOI: 10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20230053.
Study on preparation of carbon molecular sieves for pressure swing adsorption separation of CH4/N2 and their separation performance
CH,4,/N,2, separation is a key technology for the efficient utilization of natural gas, coal-bed gas, oilfield gas, biogas, and landfill gas. Existing research has mostly focused on the separation and purification of low-concentration CH,4, (from 10% to 50%, volume fraction, the same below) in gas mixtures. In the case of CH,4,/N,2, mixtures with high CH,4, concentration (75%), the main objective is to enhance the CH,4, purification effect of carbon molecular sieves. The preparation and modification of carbon molecular sieves, as well as the process conditions for pressure swing adsorption testing, were investigated. The results show that carbon molecular sieves prepared with benzene as the deposition agent under optimal deposition conditions (deposition temperature of 645 °C, deposition time of 60 min) exhibit the N,2, adsorption capacity of 5.980 mL/g, and the corresponding N,2,/CH,4, separation factor reach 6.970. Using the carbon molecular sieves prepared under the aforementioned optimal conditions as the adsorbent, the best single-tower pressure swing adsorption process conditions for adsorption pressure of 0.3 MPa, adsorption time of 60 s, and operation with normal releasing pressure to the set pressure then inverse releasing and vacuum, result in an increase of the CH,4, concentration in the product gas to around 90% and a CH,4, recovery rate of over 80%.
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