Design of a two-step pulsed pressure-swing adsorption-based oxygen concentrator

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 354-370

  Rama Rao, V ^a   Farooq, S ^a   Krantz, W B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

13X zeolite; 5A zeolite; Air separation; COPD; Portable oxygen concentrator; Rapid cycling

Indexed keywords

13X ZEOLITE; ADSORBENT PARTICLE; ADSORPTION TIME; AIR SEPARATION; AMBIENT PRESSURES; APPLIED PRESSURE; AXIAL DISPERSIONS; CYCLING FREQUENCIES; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DESORPTION TIME; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODELING STUDIES; MULTIPHYSICS SOFTWARE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING WINDOWS; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS; OXYGEN-ENRICHED; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; PRODUCT FLOW; PRODUCT PURITY; RAPID CYCLING;

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; CALENDERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SILVER; WINDOWS;

OXYGEN;

EID: 74349117271     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11953     Document Type: Article

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