A Novel Radial Adsorber with Parallel Layered Beds for Prepurification of Large-Scale Air Separation Units

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 7502-7515

  Tian, Qiqi ^a   He, Guogeng ^a   Wang, Zhiping ^a   Cai, Dehua ^a   Chen, Liping ^b  

^a School of Materials Science and Engineering   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; MASS TRANSFER; SEPARATION;

ADSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSFER EQUATIONS; PRESSURE LOSS REDUCTIONS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84938631145     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00555     Document Type: Article

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