Computationally efficient solution techniques for adsorption problems involving steep gradients in bidisperse particles

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 933-943

  Liu, F ^a   Bhatia, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Bidisperse solids; Collocation method; Fitted mesh; Singularly perturbed

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FITTED MESH COLLOCATION METHOD (FMCM);

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0033167949     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(99)00262-8     Document Type: Article

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