Improved ODE integrator and mass transfer approach for simulating a cyclic adsorption process

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 883-899

  Todd, Richard S ^a   Ferraris, Guido Buzzi ^b   Manca, Davide ^b   Webley, Paul A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adsorption simulation; BzzOde; Dusty gas model; Linear driving force model; VODE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOTHERMS; MASS TRANSFER;

CYCLIC STEADY STATE (CSS);

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER APPLICATION; GAS FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0037611121     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(03)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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