Nitrogen removal from natural gas using solid boron : A first-principles computational study
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01/04/2013
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Selective separation of nitrogen (N2) from methane (CH4) is highly significant in natural gas purification, and it is very challenging to achieve this because of their nearly identical size (the molecular diameters of N2 and CH4 are 3.64 Å and 3.80 Å, respectively). Here we theoretically study the adsorption of N2 and CH4 on B12 cluster and solid boron surfaces a-B12 and c-B28. Our results show that these electron-deficiency boron materials have higher selectivity in adsorbing and capturing N2 than CH4, which provides very useful information for experimentally exploiting boron materials for natural gas purification. |
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Elsevier Ltd |
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DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2013.03.032 Sun, Qiao, Wang, Meng, Li, Zhen, Li, Ping, Wang, Weihua, Tan, Xiaojun, & Du, Aijun (2013) Nitrogen removal from natural gas using solid boron : A first-principles computational study. Fuel, pp. 1-7. |
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Copyright 2013 Elsevier Ltd. |
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School of Chemistry, Physics & Mechanical Engineering; Science & Engineering Faculty |
Palavras-Chave | #N2/CH4 separation #Gas purification #DFT calculations |
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Journal Article |