Advances in Pressure Swing Adsorption for Gas Separation

Table 1

Performance indicator parameters for a PSA process.

Less-adsorbed gas is the product	More-adsorbed gas is the product
𝐶Purity=^𝑇𝑖∑^𝑁𝑖=1𝐶^𝑇𝑖=𝑦^𝑇𝑖	𝐶Purity=^𝐵𝑖∑^𝑁𝑖=1𝐶^𝐵𝑖=𝑦^𝐵𝑖
∫Recovery=^𝑡0𝐶^𝑇𝑖𝑄^𝑇𝑖𝑑𝑡𝐶^𝐹𝑖𝑄^𝐹𝑖	∫Recovery=^𝑡0𝐶^𝐵𝑖𝑄^𝐵𝑖𝑑𝑡𝐶^𝐹𝑖𝑄^𝐹𝑖
∫Productivity=^𝑡cycle0𝐶^𝑇𝑖𝑄^𝑇𝑖𝑑𝑡𝑋𝑤ads𝑡cycle	∫Productivity=^𝑡cycle0𝐶^𝐵𝑖𝑄^𝐵𝑖𝑑𝑡𝑋𝑤ads𝑡cycle
Energy = sum of all compression and vacuum sources used