Three-bed PVSA process for high-purity O2 generation from ambient air

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2988-2999

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

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Backfill step; Blowdown step; CMS; High purity O2; PVSA; Zeolite 10X

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PURIFICATION; ZEOLITES;

BACKFILL STEP; BLOWDOWN STEP; HIGH PURITY O2; PVSA;

PHASE SEPARATION;

GAS SEPARATION; VACUUM SWING ADSORPTION;

EID: 27844537872     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10548     Document Type: Article

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