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Adsorption of thiophene and the mixture of thiophene and iso-octane on MCM-22 zeolite by Monte Carlo simulation

  • Guo Zhang
  • , Fu Quan Bai
  • , Xin Zhou
  • , Tao Liu
  • , Qing Jiang Pan
  • , Hong Gang Fu
  • , Hong Xing Zhang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo simulation was performed to investigate the adsorption and distribution of thiophene, as well as the mixture of thiophene and iso-octane on MCM-22 zeolite. The adsorption isotherms and the isosteric heat of thiophene on MCM-22 zeolite were obtained at different temperatures (298, 363 and 393 K). The simulated results showed that the adsorptive capacity of pure thiophene on MCM-22 could be affected by temperature and pressure. The isosteric heats were similar at different temperatures. For the mixture of thiophene and iso-octane, competitive adsorption of thiophene and iso-octane occurred on MCM-22 zeolite at 298 K. Thiophene can distribute throughout two independent channels of MCM-22 but iso-octane mainly adsorbs within the supercage of MCM-22. Thus, thiophene and iso-octane can be separated effectively by MCM-22 zeolite.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)218-222
Number of pages5
JournalWuli Huaxue Xuebao/ Acta Physico - Chimica Sinica
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo
  • Iso-octane
  • MCM-22 zeolite
  • Thiophene

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