Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

Keywords: 
aluminium oxide; adsorbent; water vapour adsorption; material modification with 
ions; adsorption activity 
1. Introduction 
Adsorbents-desiccants of the air are successfully applied in different fields of in-
dustry, particularly in mechanical engineering and for the elimination of excessive 
moisture in amenity premises. As a rule, they are also used at a dewpoint for compressed 
air below 0 °C. The adsorption method is applied in processes in which a high degree of 
air dehydration is required (pharmaceutics, chemical and petrochemical plants, textile 
factories, food and electronic industry, etc.) [1–3]. 
The following requirements are imposed on industrial adsorbents-desiccants [4,5]: 
-
Interaction processes between adsorbents and water vapours must be fast. Adsor-
bents must have high absorption capacity, which will allow the gas to pass through ad-
sorbers at a high rate and use compact adsorption plants for dehydration. 
-
Adsorbents must have gigh stability after multiple regenerations. 
-
Adsorbent grains must have high mechanical compression, (crushing) and abra-
sion strength. 
-
Adsorbents must be inexpensive and easily regenerated. 
-
Adsorbents must not react chemically during adsorption and regeneration. 
To meet the abovementioned requirements for the efficiency of the adsorbent, it 
must have the following characteristics: 
-
Large internal pore volume 
-
Large value of specific surface 
-
Controlled pore-size distribution, preferably in the micropore range 
-
Controlled properties of the surface, owing to selected functional groups 
Citation:
Meshcheryakov, E.P.; 
Reshetnikov, S.I.; Sandu, M.P.; 
Knyazev, A.S.; Kurzina, I.A. Efficient 
Adsorbent-Desiccant Based on
Aluminium Oxide.
Appl. Sci. 
2021
, 
11
, 2457. 
https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062457 
Academic Editor: Mohamed M. 
Chehimi 
Received: 12 February 2021 
Accepted: 5 March 2021 
Published: 10 March 2021