Concurrent separation of CO2 and H2O from air by a temperature-vacuum swing adsorption/desorption cycle

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 9191-9198

  Wurzbacher, Jan Andre ^a,b   Gebald, Christoph ^a,b,c   Piatkowski, Nicolas ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Climeworks Ltd   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION TEMPERATURE; ADSORPTION-DESORPTION CYCLES; AMBIENT AIR; CYCLIC PROCESS; HEAT REQUIREMENTS; MASS BALANCE; PROMOTING EFFECT; PURGE GAS; SPECIFIC ENERGY REQUIREMENT; SWING ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DESORPTION; VACUUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AMBIENT AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESORPTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DILUTION; ENERGY; GAS; HUMIDITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE VACUUM SWING; WATER VAPOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84865500002     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301953k     Document Type: Article

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