Simulation of an enriching reflux PSA process with parallel equalization for concentrating a trace component in air

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 6243-6250

  Yoshida, Masayuki ^a   Ritter, James A ^b   Kodama, Akio ^a   Goto, Motonobu ^a   Hirose, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENRICHING REFLUX (ER); FLOW RATE; MODELING; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION (PSA);

ADSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ZEOLITES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ADSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ZEOLITES;

EID: 33748760588     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0604573     Document Type: Article

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