Vinyl Chloride Recovery in a Multitubular Adsorber on Maxsorb Carbon

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

Carmo, P (Author) Other; Ana M. Ribeiro (Author) FEUP; Rodrigues, AE (Author) Other; Alexandre Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Vol. 61

Pages: 9433-9442

ISSN: 0888-5885

Publisher: American Chemical Society

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Authenticus ID: P-00W-X5A

DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01091

Abstract (EN): This work reports the modeling and design of a multitubular temperature pressure swing adsorption cycle to separate and recover the vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) from a gas stream containing nitrogen, using a commercial activated carbon adsorbent. For the first time, experimental adsorption equilibrium data for the VCM was assessed using gravimetric methods on a Maxsorb activated carbon sample. Using an equivalent 1-dimensional mathematical model, a six-step two multitubular adsorber system was developed, to produce a nitrogen stream with a vinyl chloride limit of 8 ppm (w/w) and a vinyl chloride stream with a 95% (v/v) purity. The proposed system reports productivity of 8.41 mol/(kg(ads) h) or 69 kg(VCM)/(m(unit)(3) h), with an energy consumption of 3.05 MJ/kg(VCM).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10