Numerical simulation of diffusion-limited PSA process models by finite difference methods

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 5341-5352

  Sun, L M ^a   Le Quere P ^a   Levan, M D ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

finite difference; kinetics based; PSA simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POSITION CONTROL; VECTORS;

PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE QUICK;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 0030468199     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00362-4     Document Type: Article

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