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            Fig.  5.6a




                                                 h         d         e
                     Co
            Concentration
            of adsorbate
            in fluid  phase
                                                           !s




                                                            .................. i ................
                     c~
                                                  b        ic        =
                                                           i
                                                 tb        ts        te
                                                   Time





            Fig.  5.6b



                                                 e         d         h
                     Co

            Concentration
            of adsorbate
            in fluid  phase






                     co
                                                           ic        ib
                                                 Lo        Ls        L
                                           Distance along bed

            Figure  5.6  Packed  bed  dynamics:  (a) breakthrough  curve  (single  transition)  and
                      (b) mass transfer zone  inside the bed  (redrawn from  Keller et al.  1987,
                     p. 672).
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