1. Improving olefin purification using metal organic frameworks with open metal sites
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Luna-Triguero, A. (author), Vicent Luna, J.M. (author), Poursaeidesfahani, A. (author), Vlugt, T.J.H. (author), Sánchez-De-Armas, R. (author), Gómez-Álvarez, P. (author), Calero, S. (author), Luna-Triguero, A. (author), Vicent Luna, J.M. (author), Poursaeidesfahani, A. (author), Vlugt, T.J.H. (author), Sánchez-De-Armas, R. (author), Gómez-Álvarez, P. (author), and Calero, S. (author)
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The separation and purification of light hydrocarbons is challenging in the industry. Recently, a ZJNU-30 metal-organic framework (MOF) has been found to have the potential for adsorption-based separation of olefins and diolefins with four carbon atoms [H. M. Liu et al. Chem. - Eur. J. 2016, 22, 14988-14997]. Our study corroborates this finding but reveals Fe-MOF-74 as a more efficient candidate for the separation because of the open metal sites. We performed adsorption-based separation, transient breakthrough curves, and density functional theory calculations. This combination of techniques provides an extensive understanding of the studied system. Using this MOF, we propose a separation scheme to obtain a high-purity product., Accepted Author Manuscript, Engineering Thermodynamics
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- 2018
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