Experiment and prediction of breakthrough curves for packed bed adsorption of water vapor on cornmeal

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 747-754

  Chang, Hua ^a   Yuan, Xi Gang ^a   Tian, Hua ^a   Zeng, Ai Wu ^a  

^a UNILAB Research Center of Chemical Reaction Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Adsorption model; Breakthrough curve; Effective diffusivity; Ethanol dehydration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DEHYDRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERM; ADSORPTION MODELS; BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY; ETHANOL DEHYDRATION;

ETHANOL;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DEHYDRATION; ETHANOL; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS;

EID: 33646588014     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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