TABLE OF CONTENTS M. Douglas LeVan, Ph.D. J. Lawrence Wilson Professor of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, International Adsorption Society (Section Coeditor)
Giorgio Carta, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia; Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, International Adsorption Society (Section Coeditor)
| DESIGN CONCEPTS | ||
| Introduction | 16-4 | |
| Example 1: Surface Area and Pore Volume of Adsorbent | 16-5 | |
| Design Strategy | 16-5 | |
| Characterization of Equilibria | 16-5 | |
| Example 2: Calculation of Variance | 16-5 | |
| Adsorbent/Ion Exchanger Selection | 16-5 | |
| Fixed-Bed Behavior | 16-6 | |
| Cycles | 16-7 | |
| Practical Aspects | 16-7 | |
| ADSORBENTS AND ION EXCHANGERS | ||
| Classifications and Characterizations | 16-8 | |
| Adsorbents | 16-8 | |
| Ion Exchangers | 16-8 | |
| Physical Properties | 16-9 | |
| SORPTION EQUILIBRIUM | ||
| General Considerations | 16-11 | |
| Forces | 16-11 | |
| Surface Excess | 16-12 | |
| Classification of Isotherms by Shape | 16-12 | |
| Categorization of Equilibrium Models | 16-12 | |
| Heterogeneity | 16-12 | |
| Isosteric Heat of Adsorption | 16-12 | |
| Experiments | 16-13 | |
| Dimensionless Concentration Variables | 16-13 | |
| Single Component or Exchange | 16-13 | |
| Flat-Surface Isotherm Equations | 16-13 | |
| Pore-Filling Isotherm Equations | 16-14 | |
| Ion Exchange | 16-14 | |
| Example 3: Calculation of Useful Ion-Exchange Capacity | 16-14 | |
| Donnan Uptake | 16-14 | |
| Separation Factor | 16-14 | |
| Example 4: Application of Isotherms | 16-15 | |
| Multiple Components or Exchanges | 16-16 | |
| Adsorbed-Solution Theory | 16-16 | |
| Example 5: Application of Ideal Adsorbed-Solution Theory | 16-16 | |
| Langmuir-Type Relations | 16-16 | |
| Example 6: Comparison of Binary Langmuir Isotherms | 16-16 | |
| Freundlich-Type Relations | 16-16 | |
| Equations of State | 16-16 | |
| Ion Exchange Stoichiometry | 16-16 | |
