Electrothermal Swing Adsorption (ESA), or Joule-Effect heating of adsorbents in a cyclic adsorption process, is an energy-efficient technology on which to base a regenerative protective filter system. In an attempt to define the performance envelope of ESA systems, we evaluated three different ESA media: Activated carbon fiber cloth (ACFC), Carbon Fiber Composite Molecular Sieve (CFCMS), and Mi...

The single-component adsorption of CO2, CO, N2, and H2 at 25 35 °C was studied using microporous faujasite-framework zeolites (NaY NaX), activated carbons (GCN MSP), metal–organic frameworks (A100 Z1200) as starting points for the separation CO2 from syngases produced by gasifying biomass-based solid wastes. indicated isotherms uptake adsorbates strongly depended on themselves well adsorbents b...

The structure of the as-made, hydrated form of ECR-40C, synthesized in the presence of (2-hydroxyethyl) trimethylammonium (HTMA) ions as an organic structure-directing agent (OSDA) and 2 wt% (relative to alumina in the synthesis mixture) of aluminosilicate zeolite UZM-22 with the MEI topology as seeds, has been determined using synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction and Rietveld analyses. Two dif...

Constrained energy minimization, equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics calculations, and constrained Monte Carlo simulations were used to determine the influence of the coupling between benzene adsorbed in a NaY zeolite model (Si/Al ) 2) and the framework vibrations on benzene site-to-site dynamics. Benzene at an SII site is strongly coupled to the nearby Na(II) cation, resulting in...

Environmental and/or occupational exposure to minerals, metals, and fibers can cause lung diseases that may develop years after exposure to the agents. The presence of toxic fibers such as asbestos in the environment plus the continuing development of new mineral or vitreous fibers requires a better understanding of the specific physical and chemical features of fibers/particles responsible for...

We report here a general synthetic strategy to encapsulate metal clusters within zeolites during their hydrothermal crystallization. Precursors to metal clusters are stabilized against their premature colloidal precipitation as hydroxides during zeolite crystallization using bifunctional (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane ligands. Mercapto (-SH) groups in these ligands interact with cationic me...

The use and application of synthetic zeolites for ion exchange, adsorption and catalysis has shown enormous potential in industry. In this study, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis was used to determine Si and Al in fly ash (FA) precipitates. The Si and Al contents of the fly ash precipitates were used as indices for the alkaline hydrothermal conversion of the fly ash compounds into zeolites. Pr...

Zeolite FAU type-Y is one of the most studied framework of all zeolites, and has been used as catalysts for number of reactions in the refinery and petrochemical industry. In this research, nanocrystalline zeolite Y was synthesized by hydrothermal method. The crystal size of zeolite Y is influenced by temperature, aging time, alkalinity, and water content. The synthesized zeolite NaY is identif...