Parametric study of pressure swing adsorption process to purify oxygen using carbon molecular sieve

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7208-7217

  Kim, Min Bae ^a   Jee, Jeong Geun ^a   Bae, Youn Sang ^a   Lee, Chang Ha ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; IMPURITIES; OXYGEN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PURIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS; RECOVERY;

FEED FLOW RATE; OXYGEN-RICH FEEDS; PRESSURE SWING; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION (PSA);

MOLECULAR SIEVES;

MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR SIEVE; OXYGEN; PURIFICATION;

EID: 24944464244     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049032b     Document Type: Article

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