Adsorption Characteristics of Pentane, Hexane, and Heptane: Comparison of Hydrophobic Hypercrosslinked Polymeric Adsorbent with Activated Carbon
文摘
The adsorption isotherm data of light hydrocarbons (C5's鈥揅7鈥檚, pentane, hexane, and heptane), which are the main composition of gasoline vapor, onto hydrophobic hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbent (HY-1) were measured at temperatures ranging from (293 to 323) K and pressures up to 60 kPa and compared with granular activated carbon (NucharWV-A 1100). The experimental data were fitted to the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin鈥揂stakhov (DA) equations, respectively. The DA isotherms correlated with the experimental data within 1.85 % root-mean-square deviation (rmsd) and presented a better fitting than Langmuir and Freundlich equations. The experimental results indicated that HY-1 had good adsorption capacities for three hydrocarbon VOCs, which were about 85 % of those of NucharWV-A 1100. The average adsorption heats of three hydrocarbon VOCs onto HY-1 were smaller than those of NucharWV-A 1100, implying three hydrocarbon VOCs were adsorbed onto HY-1 more weakly and HY-1 could be regenerated more easily. Taken together, the hydrophobic hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbent (HY-1) would be a potential alternative to activated carbon adsorbent for the recovery of gasoline vapor.