Layered vacuum pressure-swing adsorption for biogas upgrading

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7844-7848

  Grande, Carlos A ^a   Rodrigues, Alírio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; MOLECULAR SIEVES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

BULK SEPARATION; RENEWABLE RAW METHANE;

BIOGAS;

ADSORPTION; BIOGAS; CARBON; MOLECULAR SIEVES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EID: 36348956090     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070942d     Document Type: Article

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