A study on the kinetics of ethanol-activated carbon fiber: Theory and experiments

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 3104-3110

  El Sharkawy, Ibrahim I ^a   Saha, Bidyut B ^a   Koyama, Shigeru ^a   Ng, Kim Choon ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activated carbon fiber; Adsorption kinetics; Diffusion time constant; Ethanol; Linear driving force model; Overall mass transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; ETHANOL; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER; ADSORPTION KINETICS; DIFFUSION TIME CONSTANT; LINEAR DRIVING FORCE MODEL; OVERALL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; ETHANOL; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 33745161453     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.02.029     Document Type: Article

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