Proceedings of 26th Annual Technological Advances in Science, Medicine and Engineering Conference 2022

Synthesis and Characterization of zeolites SOD, LTA and FAU via Template-free hydrothermal method for CO2 adsorption performance
Jayaprakash Madhu, Agilan S, Muthukumarasamy N, Dhayalan Velauthapillai
Abstract

In this study, the main objective is to synthesize zeolite SOD, LTA and FAU and analyse the CO2 adsorption properties of the synthesized samples. Zeolite synthesis was carried out by a simple conventional hydrothermal crystallization technique. The zeolite samples are synthesized without using any template agent during the hydrothermal process.  In this paper, zeolite sodalite SOD (50NaO2:Al2O3:5SiO2), zeolite LTA (3.165NaO2:Al2O3:1.926SiO2) and zeolite FAU (16NaO2:Al2O3:4SiO2) were synthesized successfully using the hydrothermal technique. The synthesized samples were analysed by common instrument analysis techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared microscopy (FTIR), Thermogravimetry analysis (TGA)/ Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA). Further, Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) with Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDAX) and Hi-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) reveals the “Raspberry” like spherical shaped, “Dice” cube like shaped and “Octahedral” shaped morphology for the synthesized samples. The N2 adsorption-desorption studies for the synthesized samples were carried out using Brunauer−Emmett−Teller (BET) method at a constant liquid nitrogen atmosphere of 77K and relative pressure up to 1 bar shows the type I and type IV adsorption isotherm respectively. The pore size distributions of the synthesized zeolites were obtained using the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) equation. Adsorption of CO2 on zeolite SOD, LTA and FAU were examined at a pressure range from 0 to 101.325 kPa for SOD, LTA and FAU fixed temperature of 297.15 K respectively. The highest adsorption capacity of 3.7 mmol/g was obtained for zeolite FAU and the lowest adsorption capacity of 1.6 mmol/g was obtained for zeolite SOD. The synthesized zeolite was studied using a nonlinear regression curve fit to determine the adsorption isotherm model using Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm model. It has been found that the synthesized zeolites have a large electric field gradient due to which they can strongly adsorb quadrupole of CO2 molecules. 


Last modified: 2022-08-20
Building: TASME Center
Room: Engineering Hall
Date: August 27, 2022 - 02:05 PM – 02:20 PM

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