Cyclic adsorption separation processes: analysis strategy and optimization procedure

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2003

Autores

P. Cruz (Autor) Outra; J. C. Santos (Autor) Outra; Fernão Domingos Magalhães (Autor) FEUP; Adélio Mendes (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Chemical Engineering Science

Vol. 58 Nº 14

Páginas: 3143-3158

ISSN: 0009-2509

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 40 Citações

Scopus - 55 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia química

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Tecnologia > Tecnologia química

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-000-G1D

DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2509(03)00189-1

Abstract (EN): An innovative analysis strategy and an optimization procedure have been developed with the purpose of design, evaluation and optimization of small- and large-scale units of cyclic adsorption processes using the classical Skarstrom's cycle: pressure swing adsorption (PSA) and vacuum swing adsorption (VSA). The system of partial differential equations of the dynamic simulator model was solved using a recent numerical technique developed within our group, based on an adaptive multiresolution approach, thus ensuring stability and accuracy. The simulator provides models for the multiple phenomena involved in fixed-bed adsorption: pressure drop, mass transfer resistance and energy balance. An extended parametric analysis is presented for the particular case of oxygen production from air by PSA and VSA:influence of the normalized purge flow rate, the high and low pressure values, dimensionless pressurization time, dimensionless production time, pressure drop and temperature in the bed.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 16