CO₂ Adsorption: Experimental Investigation and CFD Reactor Model Validation

Table 4

Particle properties.

	AX sorbent	FCC
Individual:
Intrinsic density (g/cc)	0.94	1.41
Sauter mean (μm)	115	90
Sphericity	0.90	0.93
(cm/s)	0.52	0.36
Mass (kg)	0.34	1.36
Composition:
PEI (%)	40	—
Silica (%)	60
Capacity (moles CO2/kg; sorbent)	2.7 ± 0.1	—
Mixture:
Fraction of total mass	0.20	0.80
Fraction of total volume	0.27	0.73