Síntese e avaliação de bioadsorventes na separação de misturas contendo CO2 e CH4 para aplicação em upgrade de biogás originado a partir de resíduos sólidos orgânicos

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Vilella, Priscila Costa
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Saneamento; Carbono ativado; Coco seco; Coco Babaçu; Adsorção
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/14601

The generation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is increasing every year in Brazil, being the organic matter responsible for more than half of the total MSW generated. Among the current alternatives to the use of organic solid waste, the anaerobic digestion is the most attractive as biogas production occurs in the process. Nevertheless, to increase its usage possibilities, biogas has to be purified and upgraded, in order to acquire characteristics similar to that of natural gas. The present work aims to prepare activated carbons (ACs) from coconut endocarp (Cocos nucifera), babassu coconut (Orbignya speciosa) and flamboyant pods (Delonix regia) by one step CO2 activation. The textural characteristics were determined by N2 adsorption isotherm at -196 °C. The best results of BET surface area and micropore volume were obtained for bioadsorbent synthesized from coconut shell, with values of 1452 m2/g and 0.6 cm3/g, respectively. ACs from coconut shell and babassu coconut were selected to analyze their efficiency in CO2/CH4 separation mixture for biogas upgrading application. Therefore, pure component (CO2 and CH4) and mixture (30% vol. CO2, 70% vol. CH4) adsorption equilibria were performed at 20 °C using a magnetic suspension balance. The CO2 adsorption capacity slightly differed between samples, presenting the AC from coconut shell better results. This sample had higher methane uptake above pressures of 3.0 bar. The experimental data were compared with the fit of Toth and IAST (Ideal Adsorbed Solution Theory) models for mono and multicomponent data, respectively. The Toth fitting was fairly accurate, while the IAST fit was moderate. The samples selectivity to CO2 over CH4 were calculated and compared with another commercial adsorbent. The AC from coconut shell presented better results than babassu coconut at low pressures, with a selectivity value of 4.2 at 1.0 bar, indicating to be a competitive material for the proposed application.