Theoretical and experimental SO2 adsorption onto pistachio-nut-shell activated carbon for a fixed-bed column

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 175-183

  Lua, Aik Chong ^a   Yang, Ting ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption model; Breakthrough curve; Finite difference method; Fixed bed column; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; BREAKTHROUGH TIME; EQUILIBRIUM ISOTHERMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEED CONCENTRATION; FIXED BED COLUMNS; FIXED-BED; GAS-SOLID; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INLET CONCENTRATION; ISOTHERMAL AND ADIABATIC; LANGMUIRS; LINEAR DRIVING FORCE; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-ADIABATIC EFFECT; NONISOTHERMAL; PISTACHIO-NUT SHELLS; SULPHUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INLET FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 74249100870     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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