Gas phase SMB for propane/propylene separation using enhanced 13X zeolite beads

Adsorption

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-75

  Campo, M C ^a,c   Baptista, M C ^a   Ribeiro, A M ^a   Ferreira, A ^a   Santos, J C ^a,c   Lutz, C ^b   Loureiro, J M ^a   Rodrigues, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b ARKEMA   (France)

^c Jacobs Engineering Group Inc Haven 190   (Belgium)

Author keywords

13X zeolite; Adsorption; Gas phase SMB; Propylene propane separation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895057819     PISSN: 09295607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10450-013-9549-9     Document Type: Article

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