Simulation of separation of C2H6 from CH4 using zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 349-360

  Guo, Haichao ^a   Shi, Fan ^b,c   Ma, Zhengfei ^a   Liu, Xiaoqin ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CH4 C2H6 separation; Competitive adsorption; Grand canonical Monte Carlo; Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATE INTERACTIONS; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO METHODS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; ZEOLITIC IMIDAZOLATE FRAMEWORKS;

ADSORBATES; ADSORPTION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MIXTURES; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TOPOLOGY; ZEOLITES;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84892367820     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2013.811722     Document Type: Article

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