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Background: The increasing awareness of the release of fluorinated gases (F-gases) into the atmosphere is instigating the development of techniques to capture them from refrigerants. In this work, the adsorption of difluoromethane (R-32), pentafluoroethane (R-125), and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) on four different activated carbons (ACs) is studied. Additionally, the selectivity of the ACs for the components of commercial refrigerants, R-410A and R-407F, is evaluated. Results: The estimation of the density of the adsorbed phase as a function of temperature allows the experimental fractional loading of each F-gas on any of the ACs to be correlated as a temperature-independent function of its reduced pressure, which is described by Tóth or dual-site Langmuir equations or as an exponential function of the adsorption potential under the framework of the Adsorption Potential theory (APT). It is shown that the APT can be generalized with excellent accuracy to the systems studied if an adsorbate-dependent affinity coefficient is used as a shifting factor to bring the characteristic curves of all F-gases into a single one for each AC. R-32 is the F-gas most adsorbed by all adsorbents, followed by R-134a, and by R-125. All ACs are selective for R-125 in R-410A commercial refrigerants, especially at lower pressures. Additionally, all ACs are selective for R-125 and R-134a over R-32 in R407-F commercial refrigerant. Conclusion: The utilization of ACs for adsorption of the three most used F-gases is promising. By selecting ACs with different porous characteristics, it is possible to evaluate their influence on the selectivity for the components of different commercial refrigerants.
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Funding of the KET4F-Gas project, SOE2/P1/P0823, co-funded by the Interreg Sudoe Program through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). A.B. Pereiro and J.M.M. Araújo acknowledge FCT/MCTES for financial support through IF/00190/2014 contract and IF/00210/2014 contract, respectively. Rui Ribeiro acknowledges financial support through the Norma Transitória DL 57/2016 Program Contract (FCT/MCTES). This work was also supported by the Associate Laboratory for Green Chemistry ? LAQV, which is financed by national funds from FCT/MCTES (UID/QUI/50006/2019).
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activated carbons adsorption adsorption equilibrium fluorinated gases Biotechnology General Chemical Engineering Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Fuel Technology Waste Management and Disposal Pollution Organic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy