Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes

We develop novel methods to estimate the gas permeation within the mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) fabricated by polycarbonate (PC), p-nitroaniline (pNA), and zeolite 4A. To this end, molecular simulation including molecular dynamics and grand ganonical Monte Carlo methods were utilized to determine t...

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Main Authors: Harami, Hossein Riasat, Dashti, Amir, Pirsalami, Pooria Ghahramani, Bhatia, Suresh K., Ismail, A. F., Goh, P. S.
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Published: American Chemical Society 2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02827
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spelling my.utm.903542021-04-30T14:31:05Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90354/ Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes Harami, Hossein Riasat Dashti, Amir Pirsalami, Pooria Ghahramani Bhatia, Suresh K. Ismail, A. F. Goh, P. S. TP Chemical technology We develop novel methods to estimate the gas permeation within the mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) fabricated by polycarbonate (PC), p-nitroaniline (pNA), and zeolite 4A. To this end, molecular simulation including molecular dynamics and grand ganonical Monte Carlo methods were utilized to determine the diffusivity and solubility coefficients of H2, CH4, CO2, O2, and N2 gas molecules within the PC/pNA/zeolite 4A membranes. Coupled with other analysis such as X-ray diffraction, fractional free volume, and radial distribution function, structural and separation features like glass-transition temperature, mean square displacement, density, and adsorption isotherms define the solution-diffusion separation mechanism. Two state-of-the-art and accurate artificial intelligence (AI) models, viz ant colony optimization-adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ACO-ANFIS) and genetic programming (GP) are developed to estimate the permeability of mentioned gas molecules within the MMMs. The R2 value for ACO-ANFIS and GP was obtained as 0.97 and 0.96, respectively. The mean squared error value for ACO-ANFIS and GP was obtained as 0.41 and 0.51, respectively. Although the accuracy of ACO-ANFIS is higher, both models can be regarded as efficient models. The findings of the study demonstrate that the AI models are accurate. In addition, the effects of various key parameters like zeolite and pNA loading and kinetic diameter of gases are investigated. Also, it was concluded that the simple PC membrane indicated the best performance compared to other prepared MMMs. American Chemical Society 2020-09 Article PeerReviewed Harami, Hossein Riasat and Dashti, Amir and Pirsalami, Pooria Ghahramani and Bhatia, Suresh K. and Ismail, A. F. and Goh, P. S. (2020) Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 59 (38). pp. 16772-16785. ISSN 0888-5885 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02827
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spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Harami, Hossein Riasat
Dashti, Amir
Pirsalami, Pooria Ghahramani
Bhatia, Suresh K.
Ismail, A. F.
Goh, P. S.
Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes
description We develop novel methods to estimate the gas permeation within the mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) fabricated by polycarbonate (PC), p-nitroaniline (pNA), and zeolite 4A. To this end, molecular simulation including molecular dynamics and grand ganonical Monte Carlo methods were utilized to determine the diffusivity and solubility coefficients of H2, CH4, CO2, O2, and N2 gas molecules within the PC/pNA/zeolite 4A membranes. Coupled with other analysis such as X-ray diffraction, fractional free volume, and radial distribution function, structural and separation features like glass-transition temperature, mean square displacement, density, and adsorption isotherms define the solution-diffusion separation mechanism. Two state-of-the-art and accurate artificial intelligence (AI) models, viz ant colony optimization-adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ACO-ANFIS) and genetic programming (GP) are developed to estimate the permeability of mentioned gas molecules within the MMMs. The R2 value for ACO-ANFIS and GP was obtained as 0.97 and 0.96, respectively. The mean squared error value for ACO-ANFIS and GP was obtained as 0.41 and 0.51, respectively. Although the accuracy of ACO-ANFIS is higher, both models can be regarded as efficient models. The findings of the study demonstrate that the AI models are accurate. In addition, the effects of various key parameters like zeolite and pNA loading and kinetic diameter of gases are investigated. Also, it was concluded that the simple PC membrane indicated the best performance compared to other prepared MMMs.
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author Harami, Hossein Riasat
Dashti, Amir
Pirsalami, Pooria Ghahramani
Bhatia, Suresh K.
Ismail, A. F.
Goh, P. S.
author_facet Harami, Hossein Riasat
Dashti, Amir
Pirsalami, Pooria Ghahramani
Bhatia, Suresh K.
Ismail, A. F.
Goh, P. S.
author_sort Harami, Hossein Riasat
title Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes
title_short Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes
title_full Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes
title_fullStr Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes
title_full_unstemmed Molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-Nitroaniline/zeolite 4A mixed matrix membranes
title_sort molecular simulation and computational modeling of gas separation through polycarbonate/p-nitroaniline/zeolite 4a mixed matrix membranes
publisher American Chemical Society
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90354/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02827
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