Thermal operation of four-zone simulated moving beds

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7208-7220

  Jin, Weihua ^a,b   Wankat, Phillip C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GTC Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMULATED MOVING BEDS (SMB); THERMAL OPERATION;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; ISOMERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOMERS;

EID: 35948993533     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070047u     Document Type: Article

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