Adsorption and diffusion of H2, CO, CH4, and CO2 in BPL activated carbon and 13X zeolite: Evaluation of performance in pressure swing adsorption hydrogen purification by simulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 15414-15426

  Delgado, José A ^a   Agueda V I ^a   Uguina, M A ^a   Sotelo, J L ^a   Brea, P ^a   Grande, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANE; PURIFICATION; STEAM REFORMING; ZEOLITES;

DIFFUSION DATA; DIFFUSION TIME; HENRY'S LAW CONSTANT; HYDROGEN PURIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL METHODS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; PULSE EXPERIMENTS;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 84907940371     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie403744u     Document Type: Article

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