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Experiment and Simulation of PSA Process for $H_2/Ar$ Mixtures gas

$H_2/Ar$ 혼합기체의 PSA 공정 실험과 모사

  • Kang, Seok-Hyun (Environment & Process Technology Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jeong, Byung-Man (Environment & Process Technology Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Choi, Hyun-Woo (Environment & Process Technology Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Hyun (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Byung-Kwon (Environment & Process Technology Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Choi, Dae-Ki (Environment & Process Technology Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
  • 강석현 (한국과학기술 연구원 청정기술연구센터) ;
  • 정병만 (한국과학기술 연구원 청정기술연구센터) ;
  • 최현우 (한국과학기술 연구원 청정기술연구센터) ;
  • 김성현 (고려대학교 화공생명공학과) ;
  • 이병권 (한국과학기술 연구원 청정기술연구센터) ;
  • 최대기 (한국과학기술 연구원 청정기술연구센터)
  • Published : 2005.06.15
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Abstract

The PSA cycle was performed for the separation of binary gas mixture $H_2/Ar$ (80%/20%) using the six-step two-bed process. Adsorption equilibrium contains a LRC model for equilibrium adsorption isotherms and a LDF model for mass transfer. Aspen ADSIM, simulator was applied to predict the separation performance. The effect of cycle parameters such as feed rate, adsorption pressure and P/F ratio on the separation of hydrogen has been studied in experiment and simulation. In the results, maximize the recovery of hydrogen as a high purity was 13LPM feed flowrate, 120sec adsorption time, 11atm adsorption pressure and 0.1 P/F ratio in a cyclic steady-state come out since 10th cycle.

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