Adsorption of Benzene, Acetone and Carbon Tetrachloride Vapors on Microporous Carbon Adsorbent Fas-3

Abstract

In this paper, the study of the adsorption of organic matter vapors (benzene, carbon tetrachloride, acetone) on the microporous carbon adsorbent FAS-3 in the region of pressures from 0.1 PA to 0.1 MPa and temperatures from 293 to 313 K was conducted, which showed sufficiently high adsorption characteristics of the used adsorbent in comparison with traditional absorbers. Microporous carbon adsorbent FAS-3 is quite new and still not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to determine the parameters of the adsorbent FAS-3, as well as the study of the processes of vapor adsorption of various organic substances on it. The microporous carbon adsorbent FAS-3, obtained on the basis of furfural, was used in the work. Obtaining spherical granules of the adsorbent FAS-3 was carried out in the result of liquid molding of a copolymer of furfural and epoxy resin on the basis of a fundamentally new process of combining the stages of blending monomer, molding the mixture in spherical product of the cured pellets. The activation of spherical grains of FAS-3 was carried out in a rotary kiln by a mixture of water vapor and carbon dioxide at a temperature of 850-900°C to burning that was consistent with the development of porosity in the adsorbent. The equilibrium values of vapor adsorption of substances on FAS-3 were measured on the gravimetric vacuum unit developed in the Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Regeneration of the adsorbent was carried out for 6 h at a temperature of 623 K to a pressure of 0.1 Pa. The maximum absolute measurement error was ± 0.01 mmol / g with 95% confidence. Measurement of vapor pressure of organic substances within 0.13 Pa-0.13 MPa was carried out by absolute pressure gauges M10, M1000, developed and manufactured in the Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The pressure measurement error by the manometer M10 in the range of 0.13 to 1330 Pa was ±0.066 Pa, and the manometer M1000 in the range from 13 Pa to 130 kPa was ±4.0 Pa.