Mass transfer rates of oxygen, nitrogen, and argon in carbon molecular sieves determined by pressure-swing frequency response

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 250-257

  Giesy, Timothy J ^a   LeVan, M Douglas ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon molecular sieve; Diffusion; Frequency response; Mass transfer; Separations

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; DIFFUSION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; MICROPOROSITY; MOLECULAR SIEVES; SEPARATION;

ADSORPTION RATES; BARRIER RESISTANCE; CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVE; HIGH-PURITY; KINETIC SELECTIVITY; LANGMUIR KINETICS; LINEAR DRIVING FORCE; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MICROPORE DIFFUSION; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; RATE EQUATIONS; RATE LIMITING; RESISTANCE MODELS; TWO-MATERIALS;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS;

EID: 84872842004     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.12.029     Document Type: Article

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