Optimization of medical PSA units for oxygen production

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1085-1096

  Santos, J C ^a   Portugal, A F ^a   Magalhaes F D ^a   Mendes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIMULATORS;

BOTTOM-TO-BOTTOM EQUALIZATION (BE); CROSS EQUALIZATION (CE); PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION UNITS; SKARSTROM CYCLE; TOP-TO-TOP EQUALIZATION (TE);

OXYGENATORS;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; OXYGENATORS; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIMULATORS;

EID: 32644436279     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0504809     Document Type: Article

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