Adsorption of Difluoromethane (HFC-32) onto phenol resin based adsorbent: Theory and experiments

Muhammad Sultan, Takahiko Miyazaki, Bidyut B. Saha, Shigeru Koyama, Hyun Sig Kil, Koji Nakabayashi, Jin Miyawaki, Seong Ho Yoon

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Abstract

Adsorption and desorption of difluoromethane (HFC-32) onto newly developed phenol resin based adsorbent (SAC-2) have been measured experimentally for the isotherm temperatures ranging from 30 °C to 130 °C and pressure up to 3 MPa. A magnetic suspension balance based adsorption measurement unit is used to measure adsorption uptake gravimetrically. The presented SAC-2/HFC-32 pair has adsorption uptake as high as 2.23 kgref/kgads (excess adsorption) and 2.34 kgref/kgads (absolute adsorption) at 30 °C and 1.67 MPa. To the best of our knowledge, it is the highest HFC-32 adsorption capacity onto any adsorbent available in the literature. The experimental data of adsorption/desorption isotherms show that there is no hysteresis for the studied pair. The data have been fitted with Tóth; Dubinin–Astakhov (D–A); and Guggenheim, Anderson, De-Boer (GAB) adsorption isotherm models. The parameters of adsorption isotherm models are optimized by nonlinear optimization technique. The D–A model fits the experimental data precisely as compared to other models. In addition, numerical values of isosteric heat of adsorption have also been extracted by means of Clausius–Clapeyron equation using adsorption isotherm models.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)348-356
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume127
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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