Using In-Bed Temperature Profiles for Visualizing the Concentration Front Movement

Autores/as

  • Paulo Cruz University of Porto
  • Adélio Mendes University of Porto
  • Fernão D. Magalhães University of Porto

Resumen

Understanding the movement of an adsorbate concentration front in a packed adsorption column may pose some difficulties in undergraduate courses.  Measuring in-bed temperatures complements the traditional experimental approach, measuring outlet breakthrough curves.  Students analyze this extra information, both qualitatively and quantitatively, in combination with Solute Movement Theory and a simulation program that uses a more detailed mathematical model.

Biografía del autor/a

Paulo Cruz, University of Porto

Paulo Cruz is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal. He received his degree in chemical engineering from the same University in 1998. His research interests are in multicomponent mass transport and sorption in porous solids and membranes.

Adélio Mendes, University of Porto

Adélio Mendes received his licentiate and PhD from the University of Porto, Portugal, where he is currently Associate Professor. He teaches chemical engineering laboratories and separation processes. His main research interests include membrane and sorption gas separations.

Fernão D. Magalhães, University of Porto

Ferniio Magalhães is Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal. He received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts in 1997. His research interests involve mass transport and sorption in porous solids and membranes.

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Publicado

2001-04-01

Número

Vol. 35 Núm. 2 (2001): Spring 2001

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