Synthesis of New Porous Natural Membranes with Nanoparticles Used in Pollute Gas Removal From Petroleum Industries

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to follow the capacity of adsorption of CO2 by natural cellulose nanofibers, extracted from banana peel and mixed with nano-silver. Following initial characterization, the raw material and the isolated sample were investigated by Energy Dispersive Analysis (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD); Fourier- Transformed infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermal analysis (Hi Res TG). Nitrogen gas adsorption-desorption isotherms of isolated cellulose nanofibers reveal a type I- isotherm, specific to the nano-porous materials.The results of adsorption isotherms of CO2 at 304 K showed that the extracted sample exhibit an adsorption capacity of 12 mmol/g of CO2.