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360   SORBENTS FOR APPLICATIONS

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                             0.9

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                            C(t)/C i  0.5

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                             0.2                                AgY- Thiophene/n-Octane
                                                                NaY- Thiophene/n-Octane
                             0.1
                              0
                               0      10     20     30     40      50     60     70
                                          3
                                        cm /g (cumulative effluent volume/sorbent weight)
                     Figure 10.60. Breakthrough of thiophene in fixed-bed adsorber with NaY or AgY sorbent, with a
                     liquid feed containing 2000 ppmw (C i ) of thiophene in n-octane, at 25 C (Hernandez-Maldonado
                                                                     ◦
                     and Yang, 2003a).

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                             0.9

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                           C(t)/C i  0.5

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                             0.2
                                                              CuY- Thiophene/n-Octane
                             0.1
                              0
                               0           50          100          150         200
                                         3
                                       cm /g (cumulative effluent volume/sorbent weight)
                     Figure 10.61. Breakthrough of thiophene in fixed-bed adsorber with Cu(I)Y sorbent, with a
                                                                     ◦
                     liquid feed containing 2000 ppmw (C i ) of thiophene in n-octane, at 25 C (Hernandez-Maldonado
                     and Yang, 2003a).
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