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pressure vacuum swing adsorption. Ind Eng Chem Res 57:6451–6463
67. Toreja J, VanNostrand B, Chan N, Dickinson JP (2011) Rotary-valve, fast-cycle pressureswing adsorption technology allows west coast platform to meet tight California specifications
and recover stranded gas
68. IACX energy formed to provide small scale nitrogen and CO 2 removal solutions to natural gas
producers (2007)
69. Wills J, Shemaria M, Mitariten MJ (2009) Production of pipeline quality natural gas with the
molecular gate™ CO 2 removal process. Tidelands Oil Production Company & Guild
Associates
70. Mota JPB, Esteves IAAC (2007) Optimal design and experimental assessment of timevariable simulated moving bed for gas separation. Ind Eng Chem Res 46:6978–6988
71. Broughton DB, Gerhold CG (1961) Continuous sorption process employing fixed bed of
sorbent and moving inlets and outlets. US2985589A
72. Yang RT (1997) Cyclic gas separation processes. In: Yang RT (ed) Gas separation by
adsorption processes. Imperial College Press, London, pp 201–235
73. Juza M, Di Giovanni O, Biressi G, Schurig V, Mazzotti M, Morbidelli M (1998) Continuous
enantiomer separation of the volatile inhalation anesthetic enflurane with a gas chromatographic simulated moving bed unit. J Chromatogr A 813:333–347
74. Storti G, Mazzotti M, Furlan LT, Morbidelli M, Carra S (1992) Performance of a 6-port
simulated moving-bed pilot-plant for vapor-phase adsorption separations. Sep Sci Technol
27:1889–1916
75. Mazzotti M, Baciocchi R, Storti G, Morbidelli M (1996) Vapor-phase SMB adsorptive
separation of linear/nonlinear paraffins. Ind Eng Chem Res 35:2313–2321
76. Abe T, Tanzawa S, Masuda T (2002) Method and apparatus for separating, removing, and
recovering gas components. WO2014054945A2
77. Cheng LS, Wilson ST (2001) Process for separating propylene from propane. US6293999B1
78. Rao DP, Sivakumar SV, Mandal S, Kota S, Ramaprasad BSG (2005) Novel simulated
moving-bed adsorber for the fractionation of gas mixtures. J Chromatogr A 1069:141–151
79. Rodrigues A, Grande C, Lamia N, Wolff L, Leflaive P, Leinekugel-Le-Cocq D (2008) Procédé
de séparation du propylene en melange avec du propane par adsorption en lit mobile simule.
WO 2008012410
80. Mota JPB, Esteves IAAC, Eusébio MFJ (2007) Synchronous and asynchronous SMB processes for gas separation. AICHE J 53:1192–1203
81. Analysis via Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy
(SEM/EDS) (2019)
82. Girão AV, Caputo G, Ferro MC (2017) Chapter 6 - application of scanning electron
microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). Compr Anal Chem
7:153–168
83. Dutrow BL, Clark CM X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). https://serc.carleton.edu/research_
education/geochemsheets/techniques/XRD.html
84. The principles of X-ray diffraction (1999, 10 January 2018)
85. Sing KSW, Everett DH, Haul RAW, Moscou L, Pierotti RA, Rouquerol J et al (1985)
Reporting physisorption data for gas solid systems with special reference to the determination
of surface-area and porosity (recommendations 1984). Pure Appl Chem 57:603–619
86. Rouquerol J, Baron G, Denoyel R, Giesche H, Groen J, Klobes P et al (2012) Liquid intrusion
and alternative methods for the characterization of macroporous materials (IUPAC technical
report). Pure Appl Chem 84:107–136
87. Hutchings GJ (1986) Crushing strength as a diagnostic-test for catalysts. J Chem Technol
Biotechnol 36:255–258
88. PSE (2017) gProms - the world's leading advanced process modelling platform. https://www.
psenterprise.com/products/gproms
89. Do DD (1998) Adsorption analysis: equilibria and kinetics. Imperial College Press
Perspectives of Scaling Up the Use of Zeolites for Selective Separations from. . .
193