Sr1‿i>xCaxFeO3-δ as a New Oxygen Sorbent for the High-Temperature Pressure-Swing Adsorption Process

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• 作者：Norio Miura ; Hiroshi Ikeda ; Akinori Tsuchida
• 刊名：Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 23, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：55
• 期：11
• 页码：3091-3096
• 全文大小：411K
• ISSN：1520-5045

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The low-cost and environmentally friendly perovskite-type oxide of Sr_1–xCa_xFeO_3-δ was proposed here as a new oxygen sorbent usable in a high-temperature pressure-swing adsorption (HT-PSA) process for oxygen production (separation) from air. The oxygen sorption/desorption properties of the Sr_1–xCa_xFeO_3-δ samples (x = 0–1.0) were examined at 550 °C by means of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Among the examined samples, Sr_0.76Ca_0.24FeO_3-δ (x = 0.24) was found to exhibit the largest value (7.8 cm³ g^–1) for the amount of reversibly sorbed/desorbed oxygen by the change in oxygen concentration between air (21 vol % O₂) and 5 vol % O₂. For such an excellent oxygen sorption/desorption behavior to be verified, the oxygen content (oxygen nonstoichiometry, 3-δ) in Sr_0.76Ca_0.24FeO_3-δ was estimated as a function of ambient oxygen concentration. The oxygen content of Sr_0.76Ca_0.24FeO_3-δ was sensitive to the oxygen concentration and varied largely with its change, especially in the range of 5–21 vol % O₂. Thus, it is expected that the large change in oxygen content can result in the large amount of reversibly sorbed/desorbed oxygen even by a small pressure-swing amplitude. Actually, the Sr_0.76Ca_0.24FeO_3-δ pellet sample was evaluated as an oxygen sorbent for the HT-PSA process by using a small-column apparatus. As a result, the amount of oxygen production for the Sr_0.76Ca_0.24FeO_3-δ pellet sample indicated 4.9 cm³ g^–1 per cycle at 600 °C. This value was approximately two times larger than that for the benchmark sample of La_0.1Sr_0.9Co_0.9Fe_0.1O_3-δ (LSCF1991).