Experiments for measuring adsorption characteristics of an activated carbon fiber/ethanol pair using a plate-fin heat exchanger

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 767-782

  Saha, Bidyut Baran ^a   Koyama, Shigeru ^a   El Sharkawy, Ibrahim I ^a   Kuwahara, Ken ^a   Kariya, Keishi ^a   Ng, Kim Choon ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CARBON FIBERS; DESORPTION; ETHANOL; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NITROGEN; REFRIGERANTS; SILICA GEL;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER; ADSORPTION CAPACITY; REACTOR BED;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 33748783346     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2006.10391206     Document Type: Article

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