Discovery of novel zeolites for natural gas purification through combined material screening and process optimization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1767-1785

  First, Eric L ^a   Hasan, M M Faruque ^a   Floudas, Christodoulos A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption gas; Computational screening; Optimization; Process synthesis; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOGAS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; ZEOLITES;

ADSORPTION SELECTIVITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HIERARCHICAL MATERIALS; NATURAL GAS RESERVOIR; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PIPELINE SPECIFICATIONS; PROCESS SYNTHESIS; SCREENING APPROACHES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84897962651     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14441     Document Type: Article

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