ABSTRACT

Base Buffer .......................................................................... 31 1.4 Recursion Equations in Predicting Band Width under Gradient Elution .......34 1.5 Lagrangian Description in Nonlinear Chromatography ................................ 37

1.5.1 Local Lagrangian Approach ............................................................... 37 1.5.2 Lagrangian Coordinates ..................................................................... 38 1.5.3 Virtual Thermodynamic Path of Nonlinear Nonideal

Chromatography .................................................................................40 1.6 Local Lagrangian Approach for Nonlinear Equilibrium-Dispersive

Processes ......................................................................................................... 43 1.6.1 Markov Chains of Chromatography Processes .................................. 43 1.6.2 Thermodynamic Paths ........................................................................44 1.6.3 Local Thermodynamic Path of Nonideal Nonlinear

Chromatography ................................................................................. 45 1.6.4 Boundary Conditions and Space-Time Distribution Transfers ........... 51

1.7 The 0-1 Model in Nonlinear Transport Chromatography .............................. 53 1.7.1 Physical Descriptions of Whole Nonlinear Chromatographic

Processes .............................................................................................54 1.7.2 Local Thermodynamic Path of Nonlinear Transport

Chromatography .................................................................................54 1.7.3 Stability and Convergence .................................................................. 58 1.7.4 Interphase Mass Transfer Coefcients ............................................... 58 1.7.5 Injection Sample Concentrations ........................................................ 59 1.7.6 Space-Time Distribution Translations ................................................60