RECENTS PROGRES EN GENIE DES PROCEDES No. 17 Volume 5- 1991 Adsorption Processes for Gas Separation TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 3 PLENARY LECTURE RECENT TRENDS IN PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION 9 S. Sircar MATERIALS - ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM THE O2-SELECnVE PROPERTIES OF Ce [Fe (CN)6] J.T. Mullhaupt, O.E. Berwaldt, R.C. Najjar NONIDEAL EQUILIBRIUM BEHAVIOUR IN LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE ADSORPTION SYSTEMS P. Schweighart, W. Sievers, A. Mersmann STEP AND PULSE CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF MULTICOMPONENT GAS ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA J. Granger, K.T. Chue, H. Kabir, P. Remy, S. Chanel, D. Tondeur MULTICOMPONENT ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM OF ETHYLENE, PROPANE, PROPYLENE AND CO2 ON 13X ZEOLITE G. Calleja, A. Jimenez, J. Pau 17 23 29 37 EQUILIBRIUM AND HEATS OF ADSORPTION OF MIXTURES OF POLAR AND NONPOLAR MOLECULES IN ZEOLITE CAVITIES BY MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS F. Karavias, A.L. Myers 43 AN ANALYTIC MODEL OF MULTICOMPONENT ISOTHERMAL ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM F. James, P. Valentin 49 PANEL SESSION 1 MATERIALS - ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM 57 TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AT THE PELLET SCALE SELF-DIFFUSION BY NMR MEASUREMENTS J. Kaxger, H. Pfeifer 65 DYNAMICS OF MOLECULES IN ZEOLITES STUDIED BY NEUTRON SCATTERING H. Jobic 71 DIFFUSION OF RARE GAS ATOMS IN ZEOLITES STUDIED BY MOLECULAR DYNAMICS F. Vign6-Maeder, S. El Amrani ADSORPTION, DIFFUSION AND PERMEATION OF GASES IN HOLLOW FIBER GLASS MEMBRANES M. Bhandarkar, Y. Hua Ma 7/ 83 MASS TRANSFER KINETICS IN ADSORBENTS. UPTAKE DETERMINATION BY A THERMAL METHOD A. Torresan, P. Grenier 89 DIFFUSION OF MOLECULES IN ZEOLITES STUDIED BY A TRANSIENT ISOTOPIC METHOD J.F. Dutel, M. Seibold, P. Ge1in 95 DIFFUSION MEASUREMENT BY THE ZERO LENGTH COLUMN METHOD D.M. Ruthven 101 DETERMINATION OF SOLID-FLUID MASS TRANSFER PARAMETERS FROM LINEAR CHROMATOGRAPHY D. Schweich 107 THE IMPORTANCE OF EMTRAPARTICLE CONVECTION ON THE MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVTriES OF LARGE-PORE ADSORBENTS A.E. Rodrigues, Z.P. Lu, J.M. Loureiro, M.D. LeVan 113 INFLUENCE OF THE STRUCTURE OF ZEOLITE ADSORBENTS ON DIFFUSIONAL PROPERTIES G.V. Baron, M. Van de Voorde, R. Claessens, H. Verelst 119 ADSORPTION DYNAMICS OF CARBON DIOXIDE ON ACTIVATED CARBON PARTICLES P.G. Gray, D.D. Do 125 PANEL SESSION 2 TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AT THE PELLET SCALE 133 COLUMN DYNAMICS RADIAL FLOW PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION R. Rota, P.C. Wankat 143 TWO-FILM LINEAR DRIVING FORCE MODEL FOR VAPOUR PHASE ADSORPTION B.D. Crittenden, B. Sowerby 149 AXIAL DISPERSION EFFECTS ON THE BREAKTHROUGH BEHAVIOR OF FAVORABLY ADSORBED VAPORS J.J. Mahle, D.K. Friday PRESSURIZATION OF ADSORPTION BEDS A.E. Rodrigues, Z.P. Lu, J.M. Loureiro, M.D. LeVan SINGLE COMPONENT GAS PRESSURIZATION IN AN ADSORPTION BED G.M. Zhong, F. Meunier, S. Huberson, J.B. Chalfen 171 NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A KINETICALLY CONTROLLED PSA SEPARATION PROCESS S. Farooq, D.M. Ruthven 177 MODELING AND SIMULATION OF NONISOTHERMAL AND NONEQUILIBRIUM MULTICOMPONENT FIXED-BED DYNAMICS L.M. Sun 185 ADSORBER DYNAMICS : STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH SWELLING AND SHRINKAGE I. Park, K.S. Knaebel 191 DETERMINATION OF PERIODIC STATES OF PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION CYCLES M.D. LeVan, D.T. Croft 197 APPLICATIONS OF ENTROPY RELATIONS TO THE STUDY OF NONLINEAR ADSORPTION DYNAMICS D.D. Frey 203 PANEL SESSION 3 COLUMN DYNAMICS 211 PROCESSES AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OPERATION AND DESIGN OF A FOUR PORT SWITCHING ADSORPTION SEPARATION UNIT G. Storti, M. Mazzotti, L.T. Furlan, M. Morbidelli 219 SEPARATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN A PACKED BED OF ACTIVATED CARBON P.G. Gray, D.D. Do 225 XYLENES SEPARATION BY SIMULATED COUNTER-CURRENT ADSORPTION B. Balannec, G. Hotier SIMULATION OF MULTICOLUMN, MULTIADSORBENT PSA FOR HYDROGEN PURIFICATION J. Granger, M. Chlendi, D. Tondeur, E. Garcin 233 243 CHLOROCARBON REMOVAL FROM PROCESS EFFLUENTS L. Utiger, A.F. Gordon, D.L. Cresswell, L.S. Kershenbaum 249 PANEL SESSION 4 PROCESSES AND INDUSTRIAL APPUCATIONS 257