Sorption-based heat transformation and storage appliances are very promising for utilizing solar heat and waste heat in cooling or heating applications. The economic and ecological efficiency of sorption-based heat transformation depends on the availability of suitable hydrophilic and hydrothermally stable sorption materials. We investigated the feasibility of using the metal-organic frameworks...

This study reports the recovery of Pd(II) from acid solution by a polyethylenimine (PEI)-crosslinked chitin (PEI-chitin) biosorbent. FE-SEM analysis demonstrated that there are many slot-like pores on PEI-chitin. The N2 adsorption–desorption experiment revealed average pore size was 47.12 nm. Elemental verified successful crosslinking PEI with raw chitin. Langmuir model better explained isother...

The measured dynamic surface tension of a water drop in air saturated by heptane vapor shows a sharp decrease from about 60 mN m−1 to 40 mN m−1, and less after a certain adsorption time. The observed adsorption kinetics is analyzed by a theoretical model based on multilayer adsorption of alkanes from the vapor phase at the water surface. The model assumes a dependence of the kinetic coefficient...

Adsorption-induced deformation of a monolithic, synthetic carbon of clearly distinguishable micro- and mesoporosity was analyzed by in situ dilatometry with N2 (77 K), Ar (77 K), CO2 (273 K), and H2O (298 K). A characteristic nonmonotonic shape of the strain isotherm showing contraction of the sample at initial micropore adsorption followed by expansion toward completion of micropore filling wa...

The present work investigates the efficiency of the nickel oxide/carbon nanotube (NiO/CNT) nanocomposite for the removal of Cd2+ metal ions from an aqueous. The NiO/CNT nanocomposite was synthesized by the direct co-precipitation method in an aqueous media in the presence of CNTs. The resulting materials were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, SEM, N2 adsorption-desorption</em...

Fe(3)O(4) coated polypyrrole (PPy) magnetic nanocomposite was prepared via in situ polymerization of pyrrole monomer for the removal of highly toxic Cr(VI). Structure and morphology of the prepared nanocomposite were characterized by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), X-ray diffraction pattern, Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) an...

An investigation was conducted on the adsorption of oxymatrine (OMT) on a spherical cellulose adsorbent embedded with wattle bark tannin. The results showed that the adsorption of the OMT on the adsorbent was solution pH dependent and the adsorption process followed the Freundlich adsorption isotherm. The adsorption kinetics of the OMT on the adsorbent could be well described by the pseudo-seco...

The sorption isotherm ( desorption and adsorption ) of okro fruit was determined at three temperatures of 300C,400C and 500C within the range of 1090% Relative humidity (RH). Thymol solution was placed inside the desiccators to prevent microbial growth, particularly at the relative humidity above 65%. Gravimetric method was used for the sorption isotherm where the reading and recording was take...

In this paper, cobaltporphyrin is used as a precursor to synthesize carbon nitrides with metal active sites supported on silica spheres by heat treatment (i.e. M-N-C/SiO2). The catalytic performance of M-N-C/SiO2 for ethylbenzene oxidation has been investigated and techniques such as N2 adsorption/desorption isotherm, NH3-TPD, HRTEM, STEM mapping and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are e...

In the present study, new magnetic nanocomposites were successfully prepared by combustion method, characterized X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, measurements, N2 adsorption–desorption thermal analysis, and scanning electron microscopy, tested as adsorbents for removal of anionic dyes (Acid Yellow 42 Acid Red 213) from aqueous solutions. The influence process variable...