Adsorption: Science and Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Characterization of Adsorbents....Pages 3-14
Theories of Adsorption in Micropores....Pages 15-36
The Statistical Thermodynamic Approach to the Correlation of Equilibrium Data....Pages 37-52
A Two-Patch Heterogeneous Model with Surface Phase Transition for Benzene Adsorption on Silicalite....Pages 53-62
Interpretation of Low Temperature Gas Adsorption and Desorption Using Stochastic Pore Networks....Pages 63-77
Adsorption of N-Hexane and 3-Methylpentane on Zeolites Y and ZSM 20....Pages 79-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Adsorption Kinetics....Pages 87-114
Dynamics of Fixed-Bed Adsorbers....Pages 115-148
Asymptotic Fixed-Bed Behavior: Proportionate and Constant Patterns....Pages 149-168
Pore Scale Hydrodynamics....Pages 169-192
Separation Processes Based on Electrosorption Phenomena....Pages 193-221
Absorptive Reactors....Pages 223-238
Design Aspects of Fixed-Bed Adsorption Processes....Pages 239-256
Numerical Methods for the Solution of Adsorption Models....Pages 257-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Gas Separation by Pressure Swing Adsorption Using Carbon Molecular Sieves....Pages 269-283
Pressure Swing Adsorption Technology....Pages 285-321
Modeling and Simulation of Rate Induced PSA Separations....Pages 323-337
Thermal Swing Adsorption: Regeneration, Cyclic Behavior, and Optimization....Pages 339-355
On Countercurrent Adsorption Separation Processes....Pages 357-381
Sorbex: Continuing Innovation in Liquid Phase Adsorption....Pages 383-395
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
The Use of Granular Activated Carbon for Potable Water Treatment as an Example of Liquid Phase Applications of Activated Carbon....Pages 399-417
Breakthrough Time of Organic Vapours in Activated Carbon Filters as a Function of the Air Flow Pattern....Pages 419-425
Continuous Adsorption in Biotechnology....Pages 427-469
Continuous Chromatographic Processes....Pages 471-490
Biochemical Reaction and Separation in Chromatographic Columns....Pages 491-504
Some Factors Involved in Scale-Up of Industrial Biotechnological Adsorption Processes....Pages 505-516
Development of Physical and Mathematical Modelling Methods for Scale-Up of Batch Stirred Tank and Packed-Bed Column Adsorption and Chromatographic Units....Pages 517-537
Optimisation of Adsorption Techniques for the Purification of Biomolecules....Pages 539-560
Gel Filtration Chromatography....Pages 561-576
Adsorption Chromatography for Protein Purification....Pages 577-583
Back Matter....Pages 585-591