Adsorption of propane, propylene and isobutane on a metal-organic framework: Molecular simulation and experiment

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3246-3259

  Lamia, Nabil ^a   Jorge, Miguel ^a   Granato, Miguel A ^a   Almeida Paz, Filipe A ^b   Chevreau, Hubert ^a   Rodrigues, Alírio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Metal organic frameworks; Molecular simulations; Olefin paraffin; Porous media; Separations

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; ADSORPTIVE SEPARATION; CRYOGENIC DISTILLATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; ISOBUTANE; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK MATERIALS; METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; OLEFIN/PARAFFIN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POROUS MEDIA; SEM; SIMULATED MOVING BEDS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS; UNSATURATED METALS; XRD;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUTANE; DISTILLATION; HYDROCARBONS; METALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROPANE;

PROPYLENE;

EID: 67349166622     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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