Superior sorbent for natural gas desulfurization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1238-1244

  Crespo, Dennis ^a   Qi, Gongshin ^a   Wang, Yuhe ^a   Yang, Frances H ^a   Yang, Ralph T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; DIMETHYL SULFIDE (DMS); MESOPOROUS SORBENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COPPER; DESULFURIZATION; METAL IONS; SORBENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZEOLITES;

NATURAL GAS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COPPER; DESULFURIZATION; METAL IONS; NATURAL GAS; SORBENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZEOLITES;

EID: 40449123497     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071145i     Document Type: Article

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