Use of x-ray microtomography to visualise dynamic adsorption of organic vapour and water vapour on activated carbon

Adsorption

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-26

  Lodewyckx, P ^a   Blacher, S ^b   Leonard A ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Modelling; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXTURES; VAPORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON BEDS; ORGANIC VAPOR; WHEELER-JONAS EQUATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750153908     PISSN: 09295607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10450-006-0135-2     Document Type: Article

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