Talk:Simulated moving bed
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[edit] Misleading
The post is highly misleading and provides information which is incorrect. Please remove —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.69.5.235 (talk • contribs)
Please explain how it is misleading and what is incorrect, with sources. Rich Farmbrough, 15:14 9 December 2006 (GMT).
[edit] Simulation and stimulation
Richard, It was a great surprise to me to read about a simulated chromatography in the C. article.
My suspicion was, that the name ought to be stimulation, not simulation, because one could easily imagine a method whereby the separation is stimulated by some method, but why should one simulte chromatography? Why not use the real thing? (simulation= imitation, pretending, feigning)
When I searched Google for both terms it appeared that indeed there were several citations for stimulated chromatography, and stimulation effects, using stimulation in connection with chromatography, but, to my greatest surprise, there were also numerous citations on simulated chromatography.
In spite of all this my suspicion is, that the original citation that used the simulation term was the culprit, who used it erroneously, and the expression, like many others, have become propagated by the bandwagon effect.
Infact what the intro says is that through the arrangement the separation is enhanced, meaning, that it is stimulated, which supports my suspicion.
However, if you can explain what is simulated I shall be pleased to change my view.
As a further comment: I have noted that somebody stuck an orphaned and remove label on the article. There are plenty of citations in Google, as I said, and I would support keeping the article, but it would be necessary to clarify which name is correct (for which we might have to go back in history some way) and then its name ought also be explained in its intro paragraph. LouisBB (talk) 20:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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- I have made a long search on Google and it has transpired what the meaning of simulation is,, which appears to be absolutely correct. The earliest find is the description in the book which I have inserted into the article. Indeed the literature on this is pretty large. I now understand that in the technique side-entry of the sample into the column continuously changes giving the impression that the bed moves. This way the static bed becomes continuous and the speed of separation increases.
