DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE WITHIN TYPE 13X ZEOLITE PARTICLES

ABSTRACT The self-diffusion processes of CO2 in a single particle of commercial type 13X zeolite have been studied by a new sorption rate method using a constant volume, variable pressure system. Experiments were carried out at 303.2 and 343.2 K. An inverse analysis of experimental uptake curves based on a macropore and micropore series diffusion model was performed to determine effective diffusion coefficients for both macropore and micropore diffusion simultaneously. Knudsen diffusion occurs within the macropore and the micropore diffusion coefficients having values of the order 10−15–10−14 m2/s, which are slightly greater than the previously reported micropore diffusion coefficients of type 5A zeolite crystals.