A modified two-dimensional van der Waals equation model was proposed for the prediction of multicomponent gas-solid adsorption isotherms from corresponding single-component adsorption equilibrium data. The model was used to predict adsorption isotherms of CO-CO2 mixtures and CO2-N2 mixtures on Cu(I)-NaY zeolite. Experimental adsorption equilibrium data of the two systems were compared with resu...

On the basis of granular synthetic zeolites NaY, HY, and ZSM-5, adsorbents containing nanoparticles silver, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten were obtained. The samples have a lower surface polarity in comparison with initial zeolites, which is reflected selectivity number respect to argon. This due fact that argon molecule interacts only through nonspecific forces. Modification was performed by int...

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...

The objective of this work was to study the adsorption and separation of the most important families of hydrocarbon compounds on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), in comparison with zeolites. For this purpose, we have selected four probe molecules, each of them representing one of these families, i.e., o- and p-xylene as aromatics, 1-octene as an alkene, and n-octane as an alkane. The separation...

A calculation method for Henry constants of diatomic molecules in zeolite cages is proposed. The method is based on a molecular electrostatic potential approximation formulated within a density functional theory (DFT) context for the evaluation of interaction energies. This approach is compared with ab initio and “molecule-in-point-charge-field” calculations. The effect of wave function versus ...

The studies of potentiation of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a traditional drug used in the treatment of several cancers, including colorectal (CRC), were carried out with zeolites Faujasite in the sodium form, with different particle sizes (NaY, 700nm and nanoNaY, 150nm) and Linde type L in the potassium form (LTL) with a particle size of 80nm. 5-FU was loaded into zeolites by liquid-phase adsorption...