Experimental and numerical investigation of adsorption/desorption in packed sorption beds under ideal and nonideal flows

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Mohamadinejad, H ^a   Knox, J C ^b   Smith, James E ^c  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NITROGEN; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WALL FLOW; WATER;

CARRIER GAS COADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; NEWMANS METHOD; WALL EFFECT;

PACKED BEDS;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; PACKED BED; WALL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0033976506     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ss-100100140     Document Type: Article

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