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Preface

D. M. Rutlwen
S. Farooq
Dept. of Chemical Engmeen,ng K. S. Knaebel
Dept. of Chemical Engineenng
,., 'U111vers1ly of New Brunswick Adsorption Research Inc.
National Urnvenmv of Singapore Dublin, Ohio
Fredencton, NB
Singapore 0511
Canada E3B 5A3
This book IS prmted on acid.free oaper. E)
.Library of Congress Cataloging.in•Publication Data
Rut11ven, Douglas M. (Douglas Morris), 1938 _
Pressure swmg adsorption/Douglas M. Ruthven, Sbamsuzzaman
7
Fnrooq. Kent S. Knaebel.
n. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 1·56081-517-5 (alk. paper). .
J. Adsorp11on. I. Farooq. Shamsuzzaman. II, Knaebei. Kent s. I
1951- III. Title.
Although pressure swing adsorouon (PSAJ 1s not a new process, 1t is reail:Y
TP156.A35R78 1993
660'.28423-dcZ0 only durmg the past decade that such processes have achieved widespread
93-33965 cornmerc1al acceptance as the tec!rnotogy of choi_ce for more than a few
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rat11er specific applications. Nowadavs. however, .PSA processes are widely
used, on a very large scale, for hvdrogen recovery and air separation, and
further important applications such as recovery of methane from landfill gas
© 1994 VCH Publishers, lnc. and production of carbon dioxide appear to be nnminent. The suggestion for
a book on this subject came from Attilio Bisio, to Whom we are also mdebtect
This work is subiect to copynght,
for his continumg support and encouragement an'd for many helpfui com~
All righ~!. bre reserved, w11ether the whole or the pan of the matenal is concerned
specificall:' those of rransh1~10n, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting,' men ts_ on the draft manuscript.
The authors also wish to acknowledge the sern:1m1t contributions of two
r_eproduction by_ photocopymg or similar means, and storage m data banks.
Registered names, lrademark:s, etc,, used in this book, even when not specificallv pioneers of this field. the late Frank B. Hill and Robert L Pigford. Several of
marked as such, are not to be considered unprotected by law. their publications are cited m the present text, but t11e1r influence ts far
broader tlrnn the citations alone would suggest. Suffice 1t to say that much of
Printed in the Urnted States of America.
the book would not have been wntten without thei'r encouragement and the
1Sl3N: l-56081-517-5 VCI-1 Publishers stimulus orovided bv their widsom and insight. Several graduate students and
ISBN: 3-527-89517-5 VCH Veriagsgesellsctiaft post-doctorais have made ma1or contributions, most of which are recogmzed
explicitly by citations. However, they, as well as others whose work may not
Printing history
10 () 8 7 6 S 4 ., 2 1 have been directly referenced, also contributed m a very real way hy hclpmg
the authors, through discussion and argument, to understand and apprecial_e
Pttblishc,J iomtlv tw: some of the subtleties of PSA systems. H would be remiss not to mention h)/
name M. M. Hassan, J. C. Kayser, N" S. Raghavan, and H. S. Shin.
VCH ll11blh:'hets, Hie. This book is not mtendcd as an exhaustive reVieW of PSA tec11nology,
VCH V-,rlagsgesellschuft mbH VCH Publishers (UK) Ltd.
220 East 23rd Street P.O. Box 10 1161 8 Wellington Court neither is it a design manual. Rat11er, we llave attempted to present a