Entropic and energetic selectivity in air separation with microporous materials

AIChE Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-109

  Rallabandi, Premkumar S ^a   Ford, David M ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ZEOLITES;

ATOMIC LEVEL FLEXIBILITY; CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVES; MOLECULAR LEVEL PHENOMENA; TRANSITION STATE THEORY;

PHASE SEPARATION;

CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYMER; ZEOLITE;

AIR; GAS-GAS SEPARATION;

AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; EXTRACTION; GAS DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033967780     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690460113     Document Type: Article

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