Study and modelling of the vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process employed in the production of oxygen

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 405-412

  Budner, Z ^b   Dula, J ^b   Podstawa, W ^b   Gawdzik, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^b INSTYTUT CI ZKIEJ SYNTEZY ORGANICZNEJ BLACHOWNIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Oxygen; Pressure swing adsorption

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; OXYGEN; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY; ZEOLITES;

VACUUM SWING ADSORPTION (VSA);

GAS ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GAS SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OXYGEN;

EID: 0032747038     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387699526386     Document Type: Article

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