Modelling and experimental investigation of effects of moisture and operating parameters during the adsorption of Co2 onto polyaspartamide

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dc.article.end-page234en_ZA
dc.article.start-page225en_ZA
dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40789-018-0224-3en_ZA
dc.citation.epage234en_ZA
dc.citation.issue2en_ZA
dc.citation.spage225en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorYoro, Kelvin O.
dc.contributor.authorAmosa, Mutiu K.
dc.contributor.authorSekoai, Patrick T.
dc.contributor.authorDaramola, Michael O.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-07T07:23:38Z
dc.date.available2020-02-07T07:23:38Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-17
dc.descriptionThe modelling and experimentation approach adapted in this study is simpler, straightforward and better suited than the original graphical technique commonly used for dynamic simulation of activated carbon adsorbers and it have been confirmed to be suitable for parametric studies of this kind from related studies (Alhassan et al. 2017; Chou and Chiou 1997; Yoro et al. 2017). The outcome of this study is expected to provide useful information that could be used to optimize polyaspartamide as an adsorbent for effective CO2 capture.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractParametric effect of moisture and influence of operating variables on the adsorption behaviour of polyaspartamide during CO2 capture was investigated in this study using experimental and modelling approach. Individual effects of operating conditions (e.g. pressure, temperature and gas flow rates) as well as the effect of moisture on the adsorption capacity of polyaspartamide were methodically investigated using Dubinin–Raduskevich model. Results from the investigations reveal that the presence of moisture in the flue gas had an incremental effect on the adsorption capacity of polyaspartamide; thereby showcasing the potential of polyaspartamide as a suitable hydrophilic material for CO2 capture in power plants. In addition, pressure, temperature and gas flow rates at 200 kPa, 403 K, and 1.5 mL/s, respectively, significantly influenced the CO2 adsorption capacity of polyaspartamide. Physisorption and chemisorption both governed the adsorption process while equilibrium studies at different temperatures showed that Langmuir isotherm could adequately describe the adsorption behaviour of the material with best fit with R2 > 0.95.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianPM2019en_ZA
dc.facultyEngineering and the Built Environmenten_ZA
dc.funderThe financial support received from the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF—block Grant Number 107867) and University of the Witwatersrand through the Postgraduate Merit Award (WITS-PMA 2018) is highly appreciated.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationYoro, K.O. et al. 2019. Modelling and experimental investigation of effects of moisture and operating parameters during the adsorption of CO2 onto polyaspartamide. Int J Coal Sci Technol 6(2),pp. 225-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40789-018-0224-3en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2198-7823 (Online)
dc.identifier.issn2095-8293 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/28821
dc.journal.issue2en_ZA
dc.journal.linkhttps://0-link-springer-com.innopac.wits.ac.za/article/10.1007/s40789-018-0224-3#enumerationen_ZA
dc.journal.titleInternational journal of coal science and technologyen_ZA
dc.journal.volume6en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.orcid.idhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-0321en_ZA
dc.orcid.idhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6246-6963en_ZA
dc.orcid.idhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1475-0745en_ZA
dc.publisherSpringer Singaporeen_ZA
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.en_ZA
dc.subjectAdsorption capacityen_ZA
dc.subjectCO2 captureen_ZA
dc.subjectMoistureen_ZA
dc.subjectOperating variablesen_ZA
dc.titleModelling and experimental investigation of effects of moisture and operating parameters during the adsorption of Co2 onto polyaspartamideen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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