text: Integration of the area above the entire breakthrough curve gives the maximum loading of the adsorptive material. Additionally, the duration of the breakthrough experiment until a certain threshold of the adsorptive concentration at the outlet can be measured, which enables the calculation of a technically usable sorption capacity. Up to this time, the quality of the product stream can be maintained. The shape of the breakthrough curves contains information about the mass transfer properties of the adsorptive-adsorbent system. These properties can be evaluated by applying simplified models and fitting to experimental data by simulations.