The effect of reliable prediction of final pressure during pressure equalization steps on the performance of PSA cycles

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2587-2595

  Yavary, Milad ^a   Ale Ebrahim, Habib ^a   Falamaki, Cavus ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Mathematical modeling; Pressure equalization step; PSA; Separations; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC MEAN; CONSERVATION OF MASS; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; CYCLE PERFORMANCE; FINAL PRESSURE; FUEL GAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NEW MODEL; PRESSURE EQUALIZATION; PRODUCT PURITY; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PSA; PSA PROCESS; ROBUST METHODS; SIMULATION; ZEOLITE 5A;

ADSORPTION; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RECOVERY;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 79955049238     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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