Fundamentals of Adsorption

Plenary Lectures.- Application of Adsorption Technology for Environmental Control.- Computer Simulations of Sorption in Model Cylindrical Pores.- Contributed Papers.- Development and Characterisation of Specialty Activated Carbons from Lignite.- Continuous Isotope Separation by Simulated Countercurrent Moving Bed Chromatography and Ion Exchange.- Pressure Behavior during the Loading of Adsorption Systems.- Assessment of Connectivity in Mixed Meso/Macroporous Solids Using Nitrogen Sorption.- The Kinetics of Adsorption of Water from Aqueous Ethanol Using 3 A Molecular Sieves.- C5 Separation in a Vapor Phase Simulated Moving Bed Unit.- Influence of Surface Heterogeneity on Thermodynamics of Adsorption. Computer Simulation Study.- Influence of Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Adsorbent and Adsorbate on Competitive Adsorption Equilibrium and Kinetics.- Problems Associated with Thermodynamic Analysis of Gas-Solid Adsorption Isotherms Measured at High Pressures.- Chemical Character of Active Carbon Surface After Oxidation in Liquid or Gas Phase.- Investigation of the Chromium-Copper-Silver Catalyst Distribution in the Porous Structure of Active Carbon Carrier Granules.- Temperature Measurements to Characterize Dispersion Within PSA Beds.- Utilization of Zeolites for Processes of Gas Desulphurization.- Sorption Kinetics of Oxygen on CaA Type Molecular Sieve.- Binary and Ternary Adsorption Equilibria at High Pressure on Molecular Sieves.- Sorption Phenomena on Babaçu Starch.- Adsorbed Solution Theory — A One-Dimensional Analysis.- Chromatographic Study and Molecular Simulation on Adsorption in Supercritical Fluid.- Control of Adsorption Rate on Zeolite by Chemical Vapor Deposition.- Dynamics of Two-Adsorbent Beds with Flow-Reversal for Gas Separation.- Experiments on a Rapid Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for Air Separation.- A Parametric Study of Pressure Swing Adsorption for the Recovery of Carbon Dioxide from Flue Gas.- Structural Analysis by Neutron Diffraction of Nitrogen Sorbed Phases on Silicalite I and ZSM-5 (Si/Al = 23) Zeolites.- Analysis of High-Pressure Adsorption Equilibria and Kinetics.- Optimization of Adsorptive Storage Systems for Natural Gas.- Application of Adsorption from Solutions for Characterizing Inorganic Sorbents.- Modeling and Simulation of SMB Technology for Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Applications.- An Equilibrium Model for Pressure Swing Adsorption Process with Equalization Step.- Measurement of Adsorption Equilibria of Pure and Mixed Corrosive Gases: The Magnetic Suspension Balance.- Fast Numerical Solution to Adsorption Column Dynamics with Application to Enthalpy Recovery Wheels and Cold Start Hydrocarbon Traps.- Heats of Adsorption of Polar and Non-Polar Gases in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Adsorbents.- Glycocalyx Adsorption Enhances Biocompatibility of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate).- Isotherms from Temperature-Programmed Desorption Experiments.- Studies of Active Carbons of Controlled Structural Properties.- Size Effects, Thermodynamic Consistency and Non-Ideal Energetic Behavior of Adsorption Isotherms in Microporous Materials (Extended Abstract).- Monte Carlo Simulations of Preferential Adsorption: the Effects of Energetic Heterogeneity and of Surface Diffusion (Extended Abstract).- Investigations of Adsorption Properties of Disperse Si02 Surface by Means of Laser Spectroscopy Methods.- Adsorption from Ternary Liquid Mixtures on Porous Silica Gels.- The Comparison of the Static and Dynamic Adsorption of Benzene, Methanol and Acetone as Single Adsorbates and Binary Mixtures.- A Microscopic Study of Multicomponent Adsorption Equilibrium in Porous Solids.- Gas Adsorption Characteristics of Cation-Exchanged Natural Zeolite.- Convective Approximation of Adsorption Processes.- Simulation of Single Pellet Adsorption Kinetics with Experimentally Determined Dusty Gas and Surface Diffusion Coefficients.- Thermal Applications of Zeolite/Water Adsorption Processes.- Sorption Kinetics of n-Paraffins in MFI-type Zeolites Investigated by micro-FTIR.- Effect of Pore Size Distribution on the Prediction of Multicomponent Adsorption Equilibria.- Sorption Kinetics of Gases in Heterogeneous Solids.- Organized Molecular States in Carbon Micropores.- Study of Heat Transfer Characteristics of MAT-type Adsorber for Adsorption Heat Pump.- Thermodynamically Consistent Analysis of Silica Surface Heterogeneity Using Alkane and Alkene Adsorption Isotherms.- Studies of Energetic Heterogeneity of Porous Solids by Using Gas Chromatographic Data.- Pore Size Distributions of Microporous Adsorbents using Experimental Isotherms and Molecular Simulation.- Adsorptive Waste Gas Purification and Solvent Recovery by Inert Gas Regeneration.- The Role of Recovery Step in N2-PSA using Zeolite Molecular Sieve.- A Novel Pressure Swing Adsorption System for Ammonia Synthesis.- Parametric Studies of a Silica Gel Honeycomb Rotor Adsorber Operated With Thermal Swing.- Selective Adsorption and Catalysis on Aluminophosphate, MCM-41 Materials: Spectroscopy and Simulation.- Removal Efficiency of Volatile Organic Compounds, VOCs, by Ceramic Honeycomb Rotor Adsorbents.- Simulation of an Adsorptive Deodorizing Rotor for Exhaust Gas Treatment.- Complex Carbon-Silica Adsorbents: Preparation, Properties and Some Applications as Model Adsorbents.- The Performance of the “Extended” Linear Driving Force Model to Simulate Adsorptive Processes using “Large-Pore” Materials.- Diffusion of N-paraffins in Pillared and other Expanded Clays.- Synthesis of SiO2-A12O3 Xerogels: Effect of pH and Composition on the Surface Area, Pore Volume, and Pore Structure.- Diffusion in Carbon Molecular Sieves.- The Adsorption of Phenol and its Reaction in the Presence of Oxygen on Granular Activated Carbon.- Algebraic Prediction of the Behavior of a Three-step One Column PSA Unit.- Adsorption and Permeation Properties of Vycor Glass Membranes.- Molecular Simulation of Pure Fluid and Binary Mixture Adsorption in Buckytubes and MCM-41.- Simulation Studies of Pore Blocking Hysteresis in Model Porous Carbon Networks.- Non-Isothermal Effects of PSA for Air Purification.- Measure of the Translational Mobility Dt of Methane Molecules Sorbed in the One-Dimensional Micropore Network of the A1P04-5 Zeolite.- Twofold Description of Percolation in Porous Media.- Simulations of Adsorption and the Design of Activated Carbons.- Adsorption Properties of NaX and BaX Zeolites: Correlation between Structural and Thermodynamic Results on Para- and Meta-xylene Adsorption.- Simulation Study of Coupled Membrane/Pressure Swing Adsorption Processes for VOC Removal from Air.- Entropic Analysis of Regenerative Adsorptive Refrigeration Cycles.- Reversing Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on Liquid-Phase Adsorption.- Heat Effect and Performance in Pressure Swing Adsorption.- Thermodynamics of Adsorption of C8 Aromatics Solutions on Y Zeolites.- Characterization of Rough Surfaces.- Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Capillary Hysteresis in MCM-41.- Molecular Selectivity in Slit Shaped Micropores.- Self Diffusion and Transport in Slit Shaped Pores.- Studies on Adsorption Characteristics of Micropores Composed of Graphitic Micro-crystallines by Monte Carlo Simulations.- The Determination of Surface Energetic Heterogeneity Using Model Isotherms Calculated by Density Functional Theory.- Activation Mechanism, Surface Properties and Adsorption Characteristics of KOH Activated High Surface Area Carbon.- Magnetic Field Effect on Water Adsorption.- Polypeptide Adsorption onto Hydroxyapatite, Silica, and Chrysotile Asbestos: Separation of ?-Helix and Random Coil.- Simulated Moving Bed Chromatographic Reactors.- A Mossbauer Study of Iron Adsorption on Active Carbons.- On Tailoring the Surface Chemistry of Activated Carbons for Their Use in Purification of Aqueous Effluents.- The Viability of Mordenite for the Separation of Oxygen and Nitrogen: Evidence from Molecular Modeling.- Modeling and Operation of a Simulated Moving Bed for the Separation of Optical Isomers.- Surface Heterogeneity Effects in Simple Ion Adsorption at Oxide/Electrolyte Interfaces.- Adsorption of Methane onto Activated Carbon by a Graphite Crystal Aggregate Model.- Adsorption Cooling for Automobiles Utilizing Exhaust Heat.- Adsorption Process for the Fractionation of Citrus Oil by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide.- Hydrogen Isotope Exchange via Catalyzed Phase Transfer.- Adsorption Dynamics in a Monolithic Adsorbent.- Using Semi-Empirical Algorithms in the Development of Linear Driving Force Approximations for Complex Intraparticle Diffusion/Convection Models.- Mathematical Simulation of Pressure Swing Adsorption Cycle with Pressure Equalization Step.- Effect of Pressurization Rate on the Performance of Nitrogen Pressure Swing Adsorption Processes.- Desorption by Purge (Extended Abstract).- Adsorption Characteristics of Carbon Filter Materials.- Removal of Trace Pollutants by Adsorption: Density Functional Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation.- Generalized Isotherms for Mono- and Multicomponent Adsorption.- An Engineering Model for Adsorption of Gases onto Various Media.- Comparison of Local Equilibrium Model and Mass Transfer Model for Prediction of PSA Performance.- Measurement of Adsorption Dynamics Using the Thermal Frequency Response Method.- A Theoretical Study on Interactions between Silica Gel and Adsorbed Molecules by using abinitio MO Method.- An ab Initio Study on Adsorptive Interactions of Alcohols and Aromatic Compounds onto the Surface of Silica Gel.- Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions of Selected Heavy Metal Cations on Chemically Modified Activated Carbon.- Simultaneous Solution of the Adsorption Integral Equation from a Set of Isotherms at Different Temperatures: a Way for More Detailed Characterization of Heterogeneous Adsorbents.- Removal and Recovery of a Substitute for Chlorofluorocarbon by High Silica Zeolite.- Biological Activated Carbon Treatment of Waste Water Containing Organics and Heavy Metal Ions.- Prediction of Adsorption of Polar and Non-Polar Gases on Silicalite by Molecular Simulation.- Molecular Diffusion in a Single Zeolite Crystal.- Appearance of Irreversible Adsorption of Nucleophiles on Carbonaceous Adsorbents from Liquid Phase.- Nonidealities in Vapor-Phase Coadsorption of Organic Compounds and Water on Activated Carbon.- Performance of a Parallel Passage Adsorbent Contactor.- Adsorption-induced Phase Transition of ZSM-5 Zeolites.- Adsorption Isotherms of Associating Fluids in Slit-like Pores. A Monte Carlo Simulation Study.- Equilibria in Pressure Swing Adsorption Processes - Experimental and Theoretical Needs.- Heats of Adsorption from Molecular Models of Adsorption in Heterogeneous Solids.- Solid/Solid Adsorption and Preparation of Ethylene Adsorbents.- Predicting the Separation Performance in Ion-Exchange Chromatography of Proteins.- Dynamics and Simulation of PSA Processes for Hydrogen Separation.- New Sorbents for Olefin-Paraffin and Acetylene Separations by ?-Complexation.- Chitosan Dextran-DEAE Composite for Separation of Proteins: Adsorption of BSA.- Adsorption of Lysine on Activated Carbon Fibers: I. Equilibria.- RPSA Air Separation: Influence of Selectivities and Transport Properties of the Adsorbents on the Performance.- Author Index.