Elution Dynamics of Adsorption: Comparing the Solutions of Direct and Inverse Problems
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE Abstract Studies of the elution dynamics of adsorption have revealed a close correspondence between the analytical solutions to (i) a direct problem formulated using an equilibrium adsorption layer model and (ii) an inverse problem formulated using the method of moments. Keywords: Elution Dynamics; Adsorption; Charcoal; chromatograph; Numerical Equations Introduction The effects of adsorption dynamics on the elution peak profile for an arbitrary adsorption isotherm were previously analyzed in [1] using numerical simulations based on a model that assumed a layer of equilibrium adsorption (LEA model) [2]. Assuming linear adsorption dynamics, [1] revealed that the elution curves simulated using the LEA model agreed well with experimental data obtained for a given integer unit of relative adsorbent bed length (n). The solution parameters to the inverse problem, formulated using the method of moments for intege...