Simulating Breakthroughs in Fixed Bed Adsorbers

There has been an exponential growth in the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for use as adsorbents in mixture separations. For large scale applications, such separations are commonly performed using the pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology. PSA processes consist of a series of fixed bed adsorption devices, operated in a transient mode consisting of adsorption and desorption cycles. The primary objective of this presentation is discuss the simulation of the transient breakthroughs of mixture in fixed bed adsorbers. The modelling details are contained in my paper R. Krishna, Metrics for Evaluation and Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Applications in Mixture Separations, ACS Omega 5 (2020) 16987−17004. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02218 See also my presentation Evaluating MOFs for PSA Technology https://www.youtube.com/@rajamanikrishna250/videos