Experimental Evaluation of Designs for the Simulated Countercurrent Moving Bed Separator

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 683-690

  Tonkovich, Anna Lee Y ^a,b   Carr, Robert W ^a  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PROPYLENE; SEPARATION; SEPARATORS;

ADSORBENT BEDS; CHROMOSORB; COUNTERCURRENT MOVING BED SEPARATOR; FEED SWITCHING CYCLE; MAXIMUM PRODUCT CONCENTRATION;

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030109695     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420309     Document Type: Article

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