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Convective instability of an adsorption front

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The monotonous instability of the adsorption front formed in a two-component gas filtered vertically through a fixed bed of adsorbent is demonstrated. A threshold value of the Archimedes adsorption criterion is calculated and the corresponding critical gas flow is considered.

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  1. V. L. Zelenko
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  2. E. A. Makeev
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  3. L. I. Kheifets
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Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, 2006, pp. 79–86.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2006 by Zelenko, Makeev, and Kheifets.

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Zelenko, V.L., Makeev, E.A. & Kheifets, L.I. Convective instability of an adsorption front. Fluid Dyn 41, 391–397 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10697-006-0055-6

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