Carbon dioxide-nitrogen separation through adsorption on activated carbon in a fixed bed

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Dantas, Tirzhá L P ^a,c   Luna, Francisco Murilo T ^b   Silva, Ivanildo J ^b   de Azevedo, Diana C S ^b   Grande, Carlos A ^c   Rodrigues, Alírio E ^c   Moreira, Regina F P M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Carbon dioxide; Fixed bed; Modeling; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIXED BED; FIXED-BED ADSORPTION; FTIR MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR DRIVING FORCE; MODEL-BASED; MODELING; MOMENTUM BALANCES; POST-COMBUSTION; XPS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUE GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 79955028587     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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