Mechanistic insights into water vapor adsorption behavior and its impact on dynamic adsorption of acetone: experimental and molecular simulation study
Lijuan Jia, Yue Guan, Yurun Tong, Yahan Cui, Tong Zhang, Kangbo Shen, Jinhao Zhang, Dayang Wu, Yiyang Guo · 2026
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Lijuan Jia and eight co-authors published a 2026 environmental engineering study on how humidity sabotages the capture of solvent vapors by porous beds. Factories strip volatile compounds like acetone from air with fixed bed adsorbers. Water vapor in real exhaust competes for the same tiny pores, but the interference mechanics were murky.
Tests across a range of temperatures showed water's breakthrough timing barely moved with humidity, except at the lowest temperature, where it stretched oddly. Simulations traced that anomaly to water clustering and filling the narrowest pores when thermal motion is low. In mixed streams, a two way displacement played out: water pried acetone off the stickiest sites, while acetone kept channels open and sped water through. Heat raised the stakes of the contest. The mechanism guides humidity proof adsorber design.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lijuan Jia, Yue Guan, Yurun Tong, Yahan Cui, Tong Zhang, Kangbo Shen, Jinhao Zhang, Dayang Wu, Yiyang Guo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |