Maxwell-Stefan theory for macropore molecular-diffusion-controlled fixed-bed adsorption

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 4089-4098

  Wang, Rong ^a,b   Farooq, S ^a   Tien, Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Fixed bed; Maxwell Stefan theory; Molecular diffusion

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POROSITY; ZEOLITES;

DIFFUSION CONTROL; FICK FORMULATION; FIXED BED ADSORPTION; MAXWELL-STEFAN THEORY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; FIXED BED; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION;

EID: 0033199815     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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