@article { author = {Asadi, Tahereh and Ehsani, Mohammadreza}, title = {An Experimental Study of Adsorption Breakthrough Curves for CO2/CH4 Separation in a Fixed Bed of Nanoporous Shaped Copper Trimesate Metal Organic Framework}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Oil and Gas Science and Technology}, volume = {2}, number = {4}, pages = {54-66}, year = {2013}, publisher = {Petroleum University of Technology}, issn = {2345-2412}, eissn = {2345-2420}, doi = {10.22050/ijogst.2013.4796}, abstract = {Copper trimesate (Cu-BTC) MOF has been pointed out as a promising adsorbent for separating carbon dioxide from methane. However, MOF’s need to be shaped prior to their use in packed bed adsorbers in order to reduce pressure drop; on the other hand, the production of mechanically resistant shaped bodies reduces their adsorption performance. In this work, Cu-BTC tablets provided by BASF are evaluated to perform CO2/CH4 separation through adsorption. The adsorption capacity of pure carbon dioxide from methane was measured in a magnetic suspension balance between temperatures of 308 and 373 K up to a pressure of 700 kPa. The evaluated material presents higher adsorption capacity than previously studied shaped samples with a carbon dioxide and methane adsorption capacity up to 3.07 and 0.63 mol/kg at 100 kPa and 308 K respectively. Moreover, the experimental data were fitted with the Langmuir model. Isosteric heats of adsorption were obtained to be 22.8 and 15.1 kJ/mol for CO2 and CH4 on Cu-BTC tablets respectively, which indicates a strong adsorption of carbon dioxide on these adsorbents. Also, single and binary breakthrough curves were measured in the same temperature range and atmospheric pressure by using Cu-BTC tablets as the adsorbent. The preferential adsorption capacity of CO2 on nanoporous copper trimesate (Cu-BTC) indicates that this material can be used for methane purification from natural gas.}, keywords = {Adsorption,CO2/CH4 Separation,Cu-BTC,Metal organic framework}, url = {https://ijogst.put.ac.ir/article_4796.html}, eprint = {https://ijogst.put.ac.ir/article_4796_cca99b5caa84c4512007c239c1d9d086.pdf} }