%0 Journal Article 
%A Welter, Thomas
%A Mackel, Jan
%A Döring, Niklas
%A Vidal Muñoz, Hilario
%T An Analytical Design Model of a Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for Biogas Upgrading
%D 2026
%@ 1522-2640

%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/40619
%X An analytical plant design model was developed to describe the quasi-stationary state of vacuum pressure swing adsorption(VPSA) process for upgrading biogas (CO2 and CH 4 ) to biomethane (CH 4 ). A reduced VPSA cycle comprising the steps adsorption,depressurization, and evacuation was considered, using a model biogas with 50% CO 2 in 50% CH4 . The mass balance for the gasphase was formulated using a simplified advection-reaction approach and for the solid phase using the Linear Driving Force (LDF)model. The steady-state model serves as a basis for process design and optimization, allowing the determination of the requiredbed height as a function of the target product purity.
%K analytical model
%K biogas upgrading
%K plant design
%K pressure swing adsorption
%~ Universidad de Cádiz