Review of the Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for the Production of Biofuels and Medical Oxygen: Separation and Purification Technology

Table 6

Start-up parameters of the PSA process for the purification and production of bioethanol.

FEED
Flow	512	kmolh^-1
Ethanol	0.818	kmolkmol^-1
Water	0.182	kmolkmol^-1
Temperature	440	K
Production pressure	379	kPa
Purge pressure	13.5	kPa
SIZING
Bed height	7.3	m
Bed diameter	2.4	m
Zeolite type 3A particle radius	0.0015875	m
Bulk solid density	729.62	kg m^-3