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                  Adsorbate
                  loading
                          q2
                                                          PSA pathway






                               Adsorbate partial pressure



                          q l  ' ...........   .~   .......   m~   .............
                                                 ---T~
                  Adsorbate
                  loading
                                                    T~
                          q2
                                                          TSA pathway

                                  P2


                               Adsorbate partial pressure





                 Adsorbate
                 loading

                                                         Inert purge
                                                         (constant temperature
                                                         and pressure)



                               Adsorbate partial pressure



            Figure  5.14  The effect of process variables on the adsorption equilibrium for a Type
                      I isotherm:  (a) the effect of adsorbate partial pressure,  (b) the effect of
                      temperature and (c) the effect of an inert purge (redrawn from Keller et
                      al. 1987, pp. 655-657).
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