Gas/vapour separation using ultra-microporous metal–organic frameworks: insights into the structure/separation relationship

K Adil, Y Belmabkhout, RS Pillai, A Cadiau… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The separation of related molecules with similar physical/chemical properties is of prime
industrial importance and practically entails a substantial energy penalty, typically …

Recent progress towards light hydrocarbon separations using metal–organic frameworks

BR Barnett, MI Gonzalez, JR Long - Trends in Chemistry, 2019 - cell.com
Industrial hydrocarbon separations are performed on an immense scale, accounting for a
significant fraction of global energy consumption. Supplanting thermally driven separation …

Sorting of C4 Olefins with Interpenetrated Hybrid Ultramicroporous Materials by Combining Molecular Recognition and Size‐Sieving

Z Zhang, Q Yang, X Cui, L Yang, Z Bao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
C4 olefin separations present one of the great challenges in hydrocarbon purifications
owing to their similar structures, thus a single separation mechanism often met with limited …

Calculation methods on methane adsorption phase density in coal: A critical review and new insights

X Cheng, Y Cheng, C Wang, B Hu, J Wang - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adsorption phase density is a bridge to accurately reflect the absolute adsorption amount of
adsorption characteristics. Although the calculation method of adsorption phase density has …

New insights into the CH4 adsorption capacity of coal based on microscopic pore properties

B Hu, Y Cheng, X He, Z Wang, Z Jiang, C Wang, W Li… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to quantitatively describe the CH 4 adsorption capacity of coal
through microscopic pore properties. In this work, the micropore volume distributions …

Efficient separation of butane isomers via ZIF-8 slurry on laboratory-and pilot-scale

M Yang, H Wang, JY Zuo, C Deng, B Liu, L Chai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract n-butane and isobutane are important petrochemical raw materials. Their
separation is challenging because of their similar properties, including boiling point. Here …

A review of common practices in gravimetric and volumetric adsorption kinetic experiments

JY Wang, E Mangano, S Brandani, DM Ruthven - Adsorption, 2021 - Springer
The availability of commercial gravimetric and volumetric systems for the measurement of
adsorption equilibrium has seen also a growth of the use of these instruments to measure …

Beyond equilibrium: metal–organic frameworks for molecular sieving and kinetic gas separation

Y Wang, D Zhao - Crystal Growth & Design, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of crystalline inorganic–organic hybrid
materials that have demonstrated huge potential in gas separation due to their ultrahigh …

ZIF-67 as silver-bullet in adsorptive propane/propylene separation

E Andres-Garcia, L Oar-Arteta, J Gascon… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The cobalt-based ZIF-67 has been evaluated for the adsorptive propylene/propane
separation in a fixed bed. Characterization techniques and dynamic measurements have …

Hexafluorogermanate (GeFSIX) anion-functionalized hybrid ultramicroporous materials for efficiently trapping acetylene from ethylene

Z Zhang, X Cui, L Yang, J Cui, Z Bao… - Industrial & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A trace amount of acetylene (C2H2, 1%) removal from ethylene/acetylene mixture is crucial
for the production of polymer-grade ethylene (C2H4), which is a highly challenging task and …