Equilibrium and Rate Studies in Adsorption and Variable Temperature Stepwise Desorption

该实验和理论研究项目将获得 热脱附的平衡和速率关系 从分子筛吸附的物种。 这些关系是 需要建立一个预测动态的理论基础 一种新的分离过程，“变温分步”的行为， 解吸”（VTSD）。 该方法允许分离两个或更多个 吸附组分在顺序的方式，通过一个优先 吸附-解吸循环 分离过程是最成功的分离过程之一， 美国主要工业在国际 市场。 因此，离职是最大的 能源消费者和化学制造业的主要贡献者 成本 像VTSD这样的技术可能会对化学品的生产做出重大贡献。 在未来十年内，行业效率。 一个过程非常类似于 VTSD，变压吸附（PSA），已经使主要的 为开发先进的分离技术做出了贡献 下个世纪。 VTSD有潜力做出类似的 贡献，基本上是为了赞美PSA。 这个项目 将获得开发和测试所需的实验数据 进一步发展VTSD所需的数学模型。

This experimental and theoretical research project will obtain equilibrium and rate relationships for the thermal desorption of adsorbed species from molecular sieves. These relationships are needed to establish a theoretical basis for predicting the dynamic behavior of a novel separation process, "Variable Temperature Stepwise Desorption" (VTSD). The method permits separation of two or more adsorbed components in a sequential fashion through a preferential adsorption-desorption cycle. Separations processes are the backbone of one of the most successful major industries of the United States in the international marketplace. Consequently, separations is one of the largest consumers of energy and a major contributor to chemical manufacturing costs. Techniques like VTSD may make major contributions to chemical industry efficiency in the coming decade. One process very similar to VTSD, Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA), is already making major contributions to development of advanced separations technology for the next century. VTSD has the potential to make a comparable contribution, essentially serving to compliment PSA. This project will obtain experimental data necessary for developing and testing mathematical models necessary for the further development of VTSD.