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Modelling and solving fixed‐bed adsorption
Author(s) -
Aracil J.,
Casillas J. L.,
Martínez M.,
LópezGómez J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
mathematical methods in the applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-1476
pISSN - 0170-4214
DOI - 10.1002/mma.1670160802
Subject(s) - sorbent , adsorption , aqueous solution , packed bed , component (thermodynamics) , mathematics , chromatography , chemistry , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics , engineering
Abstract In this paper we develop a mathematical model for packed‐bed adsorption of a single component, directed toward the purification of β‐lactamic antibiotics. The model describes the removal of sorbates from an aqueous stream entering a bed packed with spherical sorbent particles. Then, assuming that the adsorption isotherm is linear, an exact solution for this model is found.