Tailored clinoptilolites for nitrogen/methane separation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5184-5192

  Jayaraman, Ambalavanan ^a   Yang, Ralph T ^a   Chinn, Daniel ^b   Munson, Curtis L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINTOPTILOLITES; HIGH-PRESSURE ISOTHERMS; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION (PSA);

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CERIUM; DIFFUSION; ION EXCHANGE; METHANE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN;

GAS-GAS SEPARATION; ION EXCHANGE; METHANE; NITROGEN;

EID: 23044492709     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0492855     Document Type: Article

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