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Study on Characteristics and Preparation of Binderless BaX Granules for Separation of p-Xylene  

Jin, Jung-Hyun (Environment & Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Suh, Jeong-Kwon (Environment & Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Hong, Ji-Sook (Environment & Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Kim, Beum-Sik (Environment & Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Lee, Chang-Ha (Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.20, no.1, 2009 , pp. 80-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, binderless zeolite BaX granule, an effective adsorbent for the separation of p-xylene was made. This adsorbent which has a sufficient strength, high specific surface area and selectivity to p-xylene was prepared by various steps, such as granulation process, calcination, binderless treatment, ion-exchange, and activation. In the granulation, the concentration of colloidal silica solution was controlled in order to confirm the effect of $SiO_2$ contents after binderless treatment. As a result, we confirmed that the compressive strength of granule after binderless treatment was increasing with increasing proportion of $SiO_2$ in the granule. And then Na-ion in granule was exchanged with Ba-ion by successive batch ion-exchange process. And then prepared adsorbents were tested for p-xylene separation by batch adsorption at $90^{\circ}C$. As a results of batch adsortion test, we confirmed that prepared adsorbents have a high selectivity to p-xylene. Also, it could be conformed that the prepared binderless zeolite BaX has a sufficient compressive strength (0.450 kgf), high specific surface area $(647.57m^2/g)$, high crystallinity (98.5% compared with zeolite NaX powder), and selectivity to p-xylene.
Keywords
p-xylene; separation; adsorbent; binderless; zeolite BaX;
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