Diffusion of methane and other alkanes in metal-organic frameworks for natural gas storage

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-143

  Borah, Bhaskarjyoti ^a   Zhang, Hongda ^a   Snurr, Randall Q ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Diffusivity; MOF; Molecular dynamics; Molecular simulation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BINARY MIXTURES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GASES; METHANE; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NATURAL GAS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PARAFFINS;

METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; METALORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS); MOF; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NATURAL GAS STORAGE; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; VARYING TOPOLOGIES;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84923902418     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.09.031     Document Type: Article

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