Modeling permeation of binary mixtures through zeolite membranes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 497-511

  Van De Graaf, Jolinde M ^a,b   Kapteijn, Freek ^a   Moulijn, Jacob A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIFFUSION; ETHANE; GAS ADSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROPANE; SEPARATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; ZEOLITES;

MAXWELL-STEFAN EQUATION;

BINARY MIXTURES;

ZEOLITE;

BINARY MIXTURE; MEMBRANE; PERMEATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0033103638     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690450307     Document Type: Article

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