Multi-bed vacuum pressure swing adsorption for carbon dioxide capture from flue gas

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-317

  Liu, Zhen ^a,b   Grande, Carlos A ^a,b   Li, Ping ^a   Yu, Jianguo ^a   Rodrigues, Alirio E ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Capture; Carbon dioxide; Pressure swing adsorption; Simulation; Zeolite 5A

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS ADSORPTION; ZEOLITES; ADSORPTION;

CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE; COAL FIRED POWER STATION; OPERATING CONSTRAINTS; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; SIMULATION; VACUUM PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTIONS; ZEOLITE 5A; COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84859462016     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.07.037     Document Type: Article

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