Adsorption Basics, Part 1 | AIChE

Adsorption Basics, Part 1

This Back to Basics article on adsorption may explain how to: 

• Identify strategies for selecting the best adsorbent, including various types of activated carbon, polymeric adsorbents, and zeolite molecular sieves, for a given adsorption challenge.
• Identify equipment used in industrial processes for activated carbon adsorption, including not only the adsorber itself but also regeneration equipment.
• Explain how to optimize process conditions for maximum performance of activated carbon and polymeric adsorbents.
• Discuss concepts relevant to ion exchange including: the various types of ion exchange resins, how to predict ion exchange resin performance using equilibrium calculations, and ion exchange process flow diagrams.
• Describe the use of zeolite molecular sieves for separation of molecules that are only slightly different in size or polarity.

Tags 

Adsorption
Unit Operation
Mass Transfer
Adsorbent
Activated Carbon

Date 

July, 2017