Separation of a gaseous mixture in nanosize channels. the role of surface diffusion. Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics Volume 86, Issue 2, March 2013, Pages 356-362

The separation coefficient has been calculated for membranes with nanometer-size pores. In the calculations, account was taken of surface diffusion and of the dependence of the surface-diffusion coefficient on the surface coverage which was determined within the framework of the Langmuir isotherm describing competing adsorption. An analytical solution of the problem has been obtained for mixture flow in single-layer membranes. It has been shown that in the case of a mixture we have the mutual influence of the components on the transfer even in the absence of their formal interaction. In ultrathin channels, there can be a situation where the character of separation of the components is reversed compared to that predicted in the model of free-molecular mixture flow. © 2013 Springer Science Business Media New York.



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Author keywords

adsorption; membranes; mixture flow; mutual influence of the components; nanosize pores; separation coefficient; surface diffusion



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Indexed keywords

Gaseous mixture; Langmuir isotherm; Mixture flow; mutual influence of the components; Nano-size; Separation coefficients; Surface coverages; Ultra-thin channels