
CHAPTER 4
Cyclic and Linear
ABSTRACT
Schemas of cyclical operations as simulated moving bed and pressure
swing adsorption of increasing importance in chemical, pharmaceutical
and food industry, or in environment protection, are studied here.
Potentially self-evolvable schemas take advantage of the relation between
cyclical and linear schemas.
New strategies for periodic operation are suggested by polytopes.
Keywords: Catalan tree, cyclic, Fibonacci graphs, linear, necklace, non-
crossing, pressure swing adsorption, simulated moving bed
4.1 Cyclic Separations
4.1.1 Presentations
In chemical engineering, new operating modes as reversed fl ow for reaction- ...