Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation of adsorption of nitrogen and oxygen in realistic nanoporous carbon models

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1496-1505

  Kumar, Amit ^a   Lobo, Raul F ^a   Wagner, Norman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption gas; Membrane materials; Nanotechnology; Separation techniques; Thermodynamics statistical

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION/GAS; ATOMIC DISPLACEMENT; BOND REARRANGEMENT; CARBON MODELS; CARBON STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GAS INTERACTION; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ISOSTERIC HEATS; LOCAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; NANOPOROUS CARBONS; POLYMER CHAINS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; THERMODYNAMICS/STATISTICAL;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SORPTION;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 79955602307     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12356     Document Type: Article

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