Purification of biogases from siloxanes by adsorption: On the regenerability of activated carbon sorbents

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 4156-4159

  Finocchio, Elisabetta ^a   Montanari, Tania ^a   Garuti, Gilberto ^b   Pistarino, Chiara ^c   Federici, Flavio ^d   Cugino, Michela ^d   Busca, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Acqua e Sole Srl   (Italy)

^c Ecodeco SpA   (Italy)

^d ANSALDO ENERGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION COLUMNS; ADSORPTION MODES; INORGANIC SOLIDS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; REGENERABILITY; SYNTHETIC BIOGAS;

ADSORPTION; BIOGAS; CHARCOAL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PURIFICATION; SILICA; SILICONES; ZEOLITES;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 69549096367     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef900356n     Document Type: Article

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