Separation of methane-nitrogen mixture by pressure swing adsorption for natural gas upgrading

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 14030-14045

  Bhadra, S J ^a   Farooq, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVE; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL GRADIENT; CLINOPTILOLITES; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; DRIVING FORCES; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; GAS UPGRADING; KINETIC MODELS; MACROPORES; METHANE-NITROGEN; MICROPORE DIFFUSIVITY; MICROPORES; MULTISITE LANGMUIR; OPERATING CONDITION; PIPELINE SPECIFICATIONS; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; TRANSPORT RESISTANCE;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BARIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; METHANE; MICROPOROSITY; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NATURAL GAS; SEPARATION; SIEVES; SPECIFICATIONS; STRONTIUM;

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EID: 83655190637     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201237x     Document Type: Article

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