Modeling the breakthrough behavior of an activated carbon fiber monolith in n-butane adsorption from diluted streams

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4762-4772

  Marbán, Gregorio ^a   Valdés Solís, Teresa ^a   Fuertes, Antonio B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Carbon fibers; Diffusion; Mass transfer; Modeling; Simulation; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER MONOLITH (ACFM); GAS DIFFUSION; N-BUTANE; SURFACE PORE DIFFUSION;

BINARY MIXTURES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33646781291     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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