High-pressure separation of CH4/CO2 using activated carbon

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-20

  Grande, Carlos A ^a   Blom, Richard ^a   Möller, Andreas ^b   Möllmer, Jens ^b  

^a SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^b Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie E V INC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Gases; Pressure swing adsorption; Separations; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BINARY MIXTURES; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION;

1D MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; BINARY ADSORPTION; BINARY ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; GAS UPGRADING; HIGH PRESSURE; LANGMUIRS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; MULTI-SITE; MULTICOMPONENTS; NON-IDEAL GAS; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; PURE GAS; SELECTIVE ADSORBENTS; SIMULATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84871379310     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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