Advances in Pressure Swing Adsorption for Gas Separation. (3rd December 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grande, Carlos A.
• Other Names: Aminabhavi T. M. Academic Editor.; Cazorla-Amoros D. Academic Editor.; Feng X. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: ISRN chemical engineering. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-12-03
• Subjects: Chemical engineering -- Periodicals; Chemical engineering; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 660
• DOI: 10.5402/2012/982934
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-861X

Abstract

Abstract : Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) is a well-established gas separation technique in air separation, gas drying, and hydrogen purification separation. Recently, PSA technology has been applied in other areas like methane purification from natural and biogas and has a tremendous potential to expand its utilization. It is known that the adsorbent material employed in a PSA process is extremely important in defining its properties, but it has also been demonstrated that process engineering can improve the performance of PSA units significantly. This paper aims to provide an overview of the fundamentals of PSA process while focusing specifically on different innovative engineering approaches that contributed to continuous improvement of PSA performance.