Biogas Upgrading: Optimal Activated Carbon Properties for Siloxane Removal

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• 作者：Alba Cabrera-Codony ; Miguel A. Montes-Mor谩n ; Manuel S谩nchez-Polo ; Maria J. Mart铆n ; Rafael Gonzalez-Olmos
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：June 17, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：48
• 期：12
• 页码：7187-7195
• 全文大小：390K
• 年卷期：v.48,no.12(June 17, 2014)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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A total of 12 commercial activated carbons (ACs) have been tested for the removal of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) in dynamic adsorption experiments using different carrier gases and D4 concentrations. Characterization of the ACs included several physical and chemical techniques. The D4 adsorption capacities were strongly related with the textural development of the ACs. Results showed that the optimum adsorbent for D4 is a wood-based chemically activated carbon, which rendered an adsorption capacity of 1732 卤 93 mg g<sup>鈥?sup> using 1000 ppm (v/v) of D4 with dry N<sub>2sub> as the carrier gas. When the concentration of D4 was lowered to typical values found in biogas, the adsorption capacity was halved. The presence of major biogas compounds (i.e., CH<sub>4sub> and CO<sub>2sub>) and humidity further reduced the D4 adsorption capacity. The polymerization of D4 over the surface of all ACs was found to be relevant after prolonged contact times. The extent of this phenomenon, which may negatively affect the thermal regeneration of the AC, correlated reasonably well with the presence of phenolic and carboxylic groups on the carbon surfaces.