Solution of adsorption problems involving steep moving profiles

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 893-896

  Kill, S ^a,b   Bhatia, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adsorption problems; Step moving profiles

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLIDS;

BIDISPERSE PORE STRUCTURE; COLLOCATION METHOD; MASS BALANCE;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 0031645370     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(97)00272-x     Document Type: Article

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