Adsorption of natural gas and biogas components on activated carbon

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-296

  Esteves, Isabel A A C ^a   Lopes, Marta S S ^a   Nunes, Pedro M C ^a   Mota, José P B ^a  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption equilibrium; Biogas; Gas separation; Natural gas; Natural gas odorants

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOGAS; BUTANE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; DESULFURIZATION; ETHANE; GAS ADSORPTION; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; PROPANE; REUSABILITY; SEPARATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ADSORBED NATURAL GAS; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM; ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; BUTYL MERCAPTAN; CLOSED LOOPS; GAS SEPARATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL GAS ODORANTS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 46349103788     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.01.027     Document Type: Article

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