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91. Cavenati S, Grande CA, Rodrigues AE (2004) Adsorption equilibrium of methane, carbon
dioxide, and nitrogen on zeolite 13X at high pressures. J Chem Eng Data 49:1095–1101
92. Kresge CT, Dhingra SS (2000) Molecular sieves. In: Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical
technology. Wiley
93. Eisfeld B, Schnitzlein K (2002) The influence of confining walls on the pressure drop in
packed beds – author’s reply. Chem Eng Sci 57:1829–1829
94. Ergun S (1952) Fluid flow through packed columns. Chem Eng Prog 48:89–94
95. Ergun S, Orning AA (1949) Fluid flow through randomly packed columns and fluidized beds.
Ind Eng Chem 41:1179–1184
96. Billet R, Schultes M (1990) Modeling of pressure-drop in packed-columns. Inzynieria
Chemiczna I Procesowa 11:17–30
97. Schumann K, Unger B, Brandt A, Scheffler F (2012) Investigation on the pore structure of
binderless zeolite 13x shapes. Microporous Mesoporous Mater 154:119–123
98. Granato MA, Lamia N, Vlugt TJH, Rodrigues AE (2008) Adsorption equilibrium of isobutane
and 1-butene in zeolite 13X by molecular simulation. Ind Eng Chem Res 47:6166–6174
99. Calero S, Dubbeldam D, Krishna R, Smit B, Vlugt TJH, Denayer JFM et al (2004) Understanding the role of sodium during adsorption: a force field for alkanes in sodium-exchanged
faujasites. J Am Chem Soc 126:11377–11386
100. van Miltenburg A, Zhu W, Kapteijn F, Moulijn JA (2006) Adsorptive separation of light
olefin/paraffin mixtures. Chem Eng Res Des 84:350–354
101. Ruthven DM (1984) Principles of adsorption and adsorption processes. Wiley, New York
102. Albrecht KL, Stein FP, Han SJ, Gregg CJ, Radosz M (1996) Phase equilibria of saturated and
unsaturated polyisoprene in sub- and supercritical ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, and
dimethyl ether. Fluid Phase Equilib 117:84–91
103. Da Silva FA, Silva JA, Rodrigues AE (1999) A general package for the simulation of cyclic
adsorption processes. Adsorpt J Int Adsorpt Soc 5:229–244
104. Bird RB, Stewart WE, Lightfoot EN (2007) Transport phenomena. Wiley
105. Poling B, Prausnitz J, Connell JO (2000) The properties of gases and liquids. McGraw-Hill
Education
106. Bender M (2014) An overview of industrial processes for the production of olefins – C4
hydrocarbons. ChemBioEng Rev 1:136–147
107. Atkins P, Jones L (2001) Chemical principles: the quest for insight.2nd edn
108. Sundaram KM, Shreehan MM, Olszewski EF (2000) Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical
technology. Wiley
109. Kolmetz K (2012, 21 June 2016) Ethylene splitter (Engineering Design Guideline). http://
kolmetz.com/pdf/EDG/ ENGINEERING_ DESIGN_ GUIDELINE_ethylene_splitter_towers_
Rev01web.pdf
110. Sircar S (1990) Production of hydrogen and Ammonia-synthesis gas by pressure swing
adsorption. Sep Sci Technol 25:1087–1099
111. Fuderer A (1983) Selective adsorption process for production of ammonia synthesis gas
mixtures. US 4375363 A
112. Plaza MG, Ribeiro AM, Ferreira A, Santos JC, Lee UH, Chang JS et al (2012) Propylene/
propane separation by vacuum swing adsorption using Cu-BTC spheres. Sep Purif Technol
90:109–119
113. Martins VFD, Ribeiro AM, Chang J-S, Loureiro JM, Ferreira A, Rodrigues AE (2018)
Towards polymer grade ethylene production with Cu-BTC: gas-phase SMB versus PSA.
Adsorption 24:203–219
114. Plaza MG, Ribeiro AM, Ferreira A, Santos JC, Hwang YK, Seo YK et al (2012) Separation of
C3/C4 hydrocarbon mixtures by adsorption using a mesoporous iron MOF: MIL-100(Fe).
Microporous Mesoporous Mater 153:178–190
194
V. F. D. Martins et al.