Model and optimize pressure swing adsorption from fundamentals to practice

Designing and optimizing PSA processes demands rigorous mathematical modeling and thorough understanding of adsorption equilibria and kinetics. Now in its Second Edition, Pressure Swing Adsorption: Fundamentals to Commercialization equips engineers with the theory and applied methods needed to develop, simulate, and scale PSA systems for hydrogen recovery, air separation, methane recovery, and carbon dioxide extraction.

All chapters have undergone major revisions reflecting new technologies, recent developments, and current literature. Dedicated modeling chapters provide detailed analytical and numerical approaches for process design and optimization while clarifying underlying principles and limitations. Coverage spans adsorption fundamentals through complete PSA cycle design, connecting laboratory-scale research to commercial-scale implementation across established and emerging applications.

Readers will also find:

• Detailed treatment of adsorption equilibria and transport phenomena forming the thermodynamic basis for all PSA cycle configurations
• Mathematical frameworks for simulating multi-step PSA processes tailored to specific gas separation objectives and operating constraints
• Coverage of hydrogen purification, nitrogen and oxygen production, and landfill gas upgrading at industrial scale
• Guidance connecting laboratory-scale experimental findings to the engineering requirements of commercial PSA system deployment
• Perspectives combining academic research rigor with decades of industrial R&D experience in adsorbent materials and process design

Designed for chemical engineers and process engineers working in gas separation, Pressure Swing Adsorption delivers the modeling tools and applied knowledge required to design, evaluate, and optimize PSA processes. This Second Edition serves as an authoritative reference for practitioners in industrial operations and academic research.

Shamsuzzaman Farooq is a Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore with over 30 years of experience in adsorption science and gas separation technology spanning laboratory and industrial scales. He served as Editor in Chief of Adsorption from 2017 to 2019.

Mark W. Ackley is a retired Corporate Fellow at Praxair with 25 years of industrial experience in process, modeling, materials, and equipment R&D applied to pressure swing adsorption. He is the inventor in 38 US patents and has served as Director of the International Adsorption Society.

Kent S. Knaebel is President of Adsorption Research Inc. in Columbus, Ohio. A Fellow of the International Adsorption Society, he has authored over 40 scientific publications and 16 patents and served as Editor in Chief of Adsorption from 1995 to 2010.

Douglas M. Ruthven is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maine, educated at Cambridge University with MA, PhD, and ScD degrees. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he received the Max Planck Research Prize and a Humboldt Senior Research Fellowship.