Separation by fixed-bed adsorption of hexane isomers in zeolite BETA pellets

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4316-4328

  Bárcia, Patrick S ^a   Silva, José A C ^a   Rodrigues, Alírio E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAFFINS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEPARATION;

BINARY ADSORPTION; DYNAMIC ADSORPTION MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM ISOTHERMS; PARTIAL PRESSURES;

ISOMERS;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ISOMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAFFINS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEPARATION;

EID: 33745538764     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0513954     Document Type: Article

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