CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Part A: General -- Adsorption kinetics: theory, applications and recent progress D. M. Ruthven -- 1. Zeolite Membranes -- Pressure swing adsorption technology for hydrogen purification - a status review S. Sircar -- Permeance and Selectivity -- Permselective Separations -- Modeling of Permeation in Binary Systems -- Commercialization -- 2. Kinetic Separations -- Olefin/Paraffin Separations -- Air Separation on Carbon Molecular Sieves -- N2/CH4 Separation over ETS-4 -- 3. Diffusion and Catalysis -- Catalytic Effectiveness Factors -- Catalytic Cracking -- MTO Reaction -- 4. Fundamental Studies of Diffusion in Zeolites -- Notation -- References -- New nanoporous adsorbents A. Kondo, Y. Tao, H. Noguchi, S. Utsumi, L. Song, T. Ohba, H. Tanaka, Y.Hattori, T. Itoh, H. Kanoh, C. M. Yang, M. Yudasaka, S. Iijima, K. Kaneko -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Versatility of H2 PSA Processes -- 3. Adsorbents for H2 PSA processes -- 4. Recent Developments in H2 PSA Technology -- 4.1. Rapid Pressure Swing Adsorption (RPSA) processes for H2 purification -- 4.2. Sorption Enhanced Reaction Process (SERP) for production of H2 -- 4.3. Hybrid adsorbent membrane - PSA process for improving H2 recovery -- 5. Engineering Design of H2 PSA Processes -- 6. Summary -- References -- Experimental methods for single and multi-component gas adsorption equilibria J. U. Keller, N. Iossifova, W. Zimmermann, F. Dreisbach, R. Staudt -- Introduction -- Measurement Methods -- Adsorption equilibria measurement methods in swelling adsorbents -- Adsorption Calorimetry -- Dielectric permittivity measurements -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Experimental determination of heat effects that accompany sorption equilibrium processes M. Bülow -- 1. Introduction -- 2. History of the Sorption-isosteric Method -- 3. Basic Principle of the Sorption-isosteric Method.

3.1. Theoretical -- 3.2. Thermodynamic Description of Mixture Sorption -- 3.3. Methodical -- 3.4. Experimental Consistency Check of Isosteric Sorption Heats -- 4. Experimental Results and Discussion -- 4.1. Sorption Heats of Atmospheric Gases on NaLSX Zeolite -- 4.2. Sorption Heats of Carbon Dioxide on NaLSX, NaX and DAY Zeolites -- 4.3. Sorption Heats of Carbon Dioxide on Carbonaceous Sorbents -- 4.4. Sorption Heats of Nitrogen on LiLSX and CaA Zeolites -- 4.5. Sorption Heats of Nitrogen and Oxygen on Li,RE-LSX Zeolite for Oxygen PVSA -- 4.6. Sorption Heats of Nitrogen - Oxygen Mixtures on Li,RE-LSX Zeolite -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Supercritical adsorption mechanism and its impact to application studies L. Zhou, Y. Sun, W. Su, Y. P. Zhou -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Adsorption mechanism of condensable gases -- 3. Adsorption mechanism of incondensable gases -- 3.1. The unique form of adsorption isotherms -- 3.2. Implication arising from the BET theory of adsorption -- 3.3. Evidence arising from hydrogen adsorption experiments -- 3.4. Evidence arising from modeling adsorption isotherm -- 3.5. Direct evidence of FTIR measurements -- 4. Disputation to the monolayer mechanism -- 5. Impact to the research of hydrogen storage -- 6. Impact to the research of methane capture -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part B: Fundamental -- Structural modeling of porous carbons using a hybrid reverse Monte Carlo method S. K. Jain, R. J.-M. Pellenq, K. E. Gubbins -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hybrid Reverse Monte Carlo -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Controlling selectivity via molecular assembling in confined spaces: alkanes-alkenes - aromatics in FAU zeolites J. F. Denayer, I. Daems, G. V. Baron, Ph. Leflaive, A. Methivier -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and methods.

3. Liquid phase adsorption of alkene-alkane mixtures -- 4. Liquid phase adsorption of aromatics -- 5. Practical applicability of molecular assembly effects -- 5.1. Separation of short and long chain alkenes -- 5.2. Column separation of octene and benzene: influence of Si:Al -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- A new methodology in the use of super-critical adsorption data to determine the micropore size distribution D. D. Do, H. D. Do, G. Birkett -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theory -- 2.1. Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulation -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Adsorption on Graphitized Thermal Carbon Black under Sub-Critical Conditions -- 3.2. Slit Pores -- 3.2.1. Accessible Pore Volume and Width -- 3.2.2. Pore Density -- 3.2.3. Determination of Pore Size Distribution and External Surface Area -- 3.2.4. Local Isotherms at 273 K -- 3.3. Pore Size Distribution -- 3.3.1. PSD derived from 5-Site and 1-Site Methane -- 3.3.2. PSD derived from the new Methodology -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Adsorption studies of cage-like and channel-like ordered mesoporous organosilicas with vinyl and mercaptopropyl surface groups M. Jaroniec, R. M. Grudzien -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and Methods -- 2.1. Reagents -- 2.2. Synthesis of cage-like FDU-1 pure and functionalized silicas -- 2.3. Synthesis of channel-like SBA-15 pure and functionalized silicas -- 2.4. Adsorption and elemental analysis data collection -- 2.5. Calculations -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Adsorption studies of SBA-15 mesoporous silica with ureidopropyl surface groups B. E. Grabicka, D. J. Knobloch, R. M. Grudzien, M. Jaroniec -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and Methods -- 2.1. Reagents -- 2.2. Synthesis of channel-like ureidopropyl-functionalized SBA-15 silicas -- 2.3. Measurements.

2.4. Calculations -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Effect of porosity and functionality of activated carbon in adsorption F. Rodríguez-Reinoso -- Acknowledgements. -- References -- Phase behavior of simple fluids confined in coordination nanospace M. Miyahara, T. Kaneko -- 1. Introduction -- 2. GCMC Simulation -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Equilibrium theory-based design of SMBs for a generalized Langmuir isotherm M. Mazzotti -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Generalized Langmuir isotherm -- 3. Equilibrium Theory for the generalized Langmuir isotherm -- 4. Triangle Theory for the generalized Langmuir isotherm -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Non-equilibrium dynamic adsorption and desorption isotherms of CO2 on a K-promoted HTlc S. P. Reynolds, A. D. Ebner, J. A. Ritter -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Adsorbent Preparation and Isotherm Measurement -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Optimisation of adsorptive storage: thermodynamic analysis and simulation S. K. Bhatia, A. L. Myers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Thermodynamic Analysis for Optimum Isosteric Heat and Temperature -- 3. Simulation -- 4. Results and Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part C: Application -- Desulfurization of fuels by selective adsorption for ultra-clean fuels Y.-S. Bae, J.-M. Kwon, C.-H. Lee -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Classification of Desulfurization Technologies -- 3. Desulfurization by Adsorption -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Large scale CO separation by VPSA using CuCl/zeolite adsorbent Y. C. Xie, J. Zhang, Y. Geng, W. Tang, X. Z. Tong -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Highly efficient CO adsorbent -- 3. Plant for CO separation with VPSA processes -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References.

The ZLC method for diffusion measurements S. Brandani -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theory -- 3. Diffusion control: d >> 1 -- 4. Surface barrier control: d << 1 -- 5. Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chiral separation of propranolol hydrochloride by SMB process integrated with crystallization X. Wang, Y. Liu, C. B. Ching -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Background -- 2.1. Column physicochemical properties and adsorption isotherm -- 2.2. SMB separation of propranolol hydrochloride -- 3. Experimental -- 3.1. Chemicals -- 3.2. SMB separation system -- 4. Results and Discussions -- 4.1. Elution order of the enantiomers of propranolol hydrochloride -- 4.2. Determination of bed voidage -- 4.3. Determination of equilibrium isotherm -- 4.4. SMB separation of propranolol hydrochloride -- 4.5. Solubility phase diagram of propranolol hydrochloride system -- 4.6. Crystallization of propranolol hydrochloride system -- 4.7. Crystallization of propranolol hydrochloride from SMB products -- 5. Conclusions -- Symbols used -- References.