Front Cover -- Adsorption Technology and Design -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. The development of adsorption technology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Early commercial practice -- 1.3 Modern practice -- References -- Chapter 2. Adsorbents -- 2.1 Activated carbons -- 2.2 Carbon molecular sieves -- 2.3 Carbonized polymers and resins -- 2.4 Bone charcoals -- 2.5 Polymeric adsorbents -- 2.6 Silica gel -- 2.7 Activated alumina -- 2.8 Clay materials -- 2.9 Zeolites -- 2.10 Selection of an adsorbent -- References -- Chapter 3. Fundamentals of adsorption equilibria -- 3.1 Forces and energetics of adsorption -- 3.2 Experimental adsorption isotherms -- 3.3 Theories of adsorption equilibria -- 3.4 Adsorption of gaseous mixtures -- 3.5 Statistical thermodynamics model for mixtures -- References -- Chapter 4. Rates of adsorption of gases and vapours by porous media -- 4.1 Intrinsic rates of adsorption and transport effects -- 4.2 Transport processes in porous solids -- 4.3 Experimental measurement of diffusion coefficients concomitant with adsorption -- 4.4 Mass transfer resistances in series -- References -- Chapter 5. Processes and cycles -- 5.1 Fixed and moving bed processes -- 5.2 Batch processes -- 5.3 Fixed bed processes -- 5.4 Moving bed processes -- 5.5 Fixed beds used to simulate moving beds -- 5.6 Desorption and regeneration of adsorbents -- 5.7 Reduction in partial pressure -- 5.8 Increase in temperature -- 5.9 Displacement Fluid -- References -- Chapter 6. Design procedures -- 6.1 Data requirements -- 6.2 Stagewise contacting -- 6.3 Differential continuous contacting -- 6.4 Fixed beds -- 6.5 Rigorous methods -- 6.6 Constant pattern behaviour -- 6.7 Short-cut and scoping methods -- 6.8 Hydrodynamics -- 6.9 Scale-up and pilot-plant studies -- 6.10 Adsorption process design and simulation -- References.

Chapter 7. Selected adsorption processes -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) processes -- 7.3 Commercial PSA processes -- 7.4 Thermal swing adsorption (TSA) processes -- 7.5 Commercial TSA processes -- 7.6 Displacement purge cycles -- 7.7 Continuous countercurrent adsorption separations -- 7.8 Chromatographic processes -- 7.9 Future developments -- References -- Chapter 8. The literature of adsorption -- Nomenclature -- Index.