Competitive adsorption equilibrium model with continuous temperature dependent parameters for naringenin enantiomers on Chiralpak AD column

Determination of competitive adsorption equilibrium model with continuous temperature dependent parameters is important for the design and optimization of a chromatographic separation process operated under non-isothermal conditions. In this study, linear pulse experiments were first carried to determine the parameters of transport-dispersive model and their temperature dependences in the range of 283-313 K. Overloaded band profiles of naringenin enantiomers on a Chiralpak AD column were acquired under various temperatures. Three of them were first separately fitted using Langmuir, linear-Langmuir and bi-Langmuir isotherm models substituted into the transport-dispersive column model. The comparison showed that bi-Langmuir model captures more details of the experimental results. This model was then extended with three extra parameters accounting for adsorption heat effects and used to simultaneously fit the band profiles at three temperatures.