Transport in bidisperse adsorbents: Significance of the macroscopic adsorbate flux

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1377-1386

  Bhatia, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

adsorbate transport; Bidisperse solid; microparticle

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BIDISPERSE ADSORBENTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0031127017     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00512-X     Document Type: Article

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