Making
use of low-cost zeolite adsorbents for CO2 adsorption
is an encouraging technique for the adsorption of the CO2 gas emitted from flue gases. In the present work, the zeolites were
successfully synthesized from kaolin by the conversion of metakaolin
and also by using 2.5 and 3 M of NaOH. The transformation of kaolin
into metakaolin was achieved through a thermal treating process for
4 h at various temperatures such as 600, 700, 800, and 900 °C.
The molar ratio used for the synthesis was X Na2O:Al2O3:1.926 SiO2:128 H2O (where X = 2.5 and 3 M of NaOH). The 2.5
and 3 A (600–900 °C) zeolite was synthesized through the
hydrothermal process without using any organic template agent. The
“sugar cube” and octahedral-shaped morphology are observed
through FESEM and TEM analysis. The textural properties of the synthesized
samples were found using N2 adsorption/desorption studies.
The type IV and type I adsorptions were identified from the sorption
studies. However, the CO2 sorption studies are recorded
at 297.15 K, and the type I adsorption isotherms were observed according
to the IUPAC classification criterion. The experimentally observed
data were fitted by nonlinear regression curve fit using a Langmuir,
Freundlich, and Toth adsorption isotherm, and their parameters were
recorded.