Efficient separation coupled with ultrasonic atomization using a molecular sieve

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 737-740

  Matsuura, Kazuo ^a   Fukazu, Tetsuo ^a   Abe, Fusatsugu ^a   Sekimoto, Taisuke ^b   Tomishige, Toshiro ^b  

^a Ultrasound Brewery Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b Japan Alcohol Corporation Head Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Azeotrope; Molecular sieve; PSA; Ultrasonic atomization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947494192     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11113     Document Type: Article

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