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Molecular Simulation Studies of Flue Gas Purification by Bio-MOF

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  • Zhi Li

    (State Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil Exploitation, Beijing 100027, China
    State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China)

  • Gangqiang Xu

    (State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China)

  • Bei Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil Exploitation, Beijing 100027, China
    State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China)

  • Xin Lv

    (State Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil Exploitation, Beijing 100027, China)

  • Guangjin Chen

    (State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China)

  • Changyu Sun

    (State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China)

  • Peng Xiao

    (State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China)

  • Yifei Sun

    (State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China)

Abstract

As a new branch of MOFs which are composed of biocompatible metal ions and organic ligands, bio-metal-organic frameworks (bio-MOFs) have attracted much attention recently. Bio-MOFs feature multiple Lewis basic sites which have strong interaction with CO 2 molecules, thus they have great potential in the separation and purification of gas mixtures containing CO 2 . In this work, molecular simulation studies were carried out to investigate the adsorption and diffusion behaviors of CO 2 /N 2 gas mixtures in bio-MOF-11. Results show that bio-MOF-11 displays excellent adsorption selectivity towards CO 2 in CO 2 /N 2 gas mixtures which was dominated by electrostatic interaction between material and CO 2 . In addition, we found both CO 2 and N 2 molecules were preferably adsorbed around the pyrimidine ring and exocyclic amino and transferred to the secondary favorable adsorption sites (methyl groups) with increasing pressure. Bio-MOF-11 membranes show superior permeation selectivity, but low permeability for CO 2 /N 2 gas systems. The reason is that the small pores restrict the movement of gas molecules, leading to the observed low permeability. The information obtained in this work can be applied to other theoretical and experimental studies of bio-MOFs adsorbents and membranes in the future.

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  • Zhi Li & Gangqiang Xu & Bei Liu & Xin Lv & Guangjin Chen & Changyu Sun & Peng Xiao & Yifei Sun, 2015. "Molecular Simulation Studies of Flue Gas Purification by Bio-MOF," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:8:y:2015:i:10:p:11531-11545:d:57147
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    1. Hai Li & Xueteng Gao & Chongzhi Jia & Wan Chen & Bei Liu & Lanying Yang & Changyu Sun & Guangjin Chen, 2018. "Enrichment of Hydrogen from a Hydrogen/Propylene Gas Mixture Using ZIF-8/Water-Glycol Slurry," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-13, July.

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