The Solutions of Fluid Adsorption in CO2 Adsorption Research
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is popular research topic in the recent years. Since the mass usage of fossil fuels in power generation and industrial processes, in which caused a lot of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. It’s seriously affecting the stability of climate and results huge economic losses every year. With the development and implementation of relevant laws and regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the researches on carbon capture and storage become a significant learning.
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Calorimetry Related Technologies (SETARAM C80, HP Micro DSC, and DRC)
(1) SETARAM C80 micro-calorimeter
SETARAM micro calorimeter, with the three-dimensional Calvert heat flux sensors can detect a full range of sample thermal effects. Via a variety of sample cell unique design, it’s suitable for study multiphase mixed and reacted (gas-liquid, gas-solid, liquid-liquid, liquid-solid), especially for applications that require high pressure and pressure monitoring function response. Therefore, the application of CO2 capture and research and development of materials.
Case study: amine solution
Carbon dioxide capture by amine solution: Reacts main chemical adsorption process in the CO2 adsorbent, while adsorption saturation point can be drawn.
Case study: saline solution
Saline solution sorption of carbon dioxide: CO2 is the greenhouse effect of the acid source, deep sea storage is one of the program to reduce carbon dioxide, and how carbon dioxide gas dissolved in deep saline aquifers body of this subject is still in the exploratory stage. French SETARAM Instruments C80 calorimeter provides support scientific instruments for this study. Its controlled pressure up to 1000bar, the adsorption of carbon dioxide geological environment under simulated real experiments provides reliable data. The figure is under different pressures, saline solution to CO2 adsorption condition.
(2) SETARAM HP MicroDSC7 high-pressure micro-calorimeter
To meet the requirements of customers by a wider temperature range and high-pressure research, SETARAM Instrumentation developed a special high-pressure micro-calorimeter, which provides the exclusive technical support and decomposition studies for hydrate formation of analog gases (CO2 and CH4). Comprehensive utilization of carbon dioxide, the use of high-pressure micro-calorimeter can build gas hydrate formation and decomposition kinetics theory thermodynamic models.
Case study: CO2 hydrate formation and decomposition
To determine the thermodynamic conditions for the formation of gas hydrates in water by measuring the temperature and pressure changes in the process, as shown in the study of CO2 under high pressure formation thermodynamics.
(3) SETARAM DRC Differential Reaction Calorimeter
Most of CCS researches are based on gas-liquid or gas-solid adsorption System. So, the specific development of this kind of reaction calorimeter system, ensures the research of CCS technology. Differential scanning calorimetry technique provides the of adsorption process of CO2 at atmospheric pressure.
DRC is based on a constant temperature of the two reaction vessels, which is a quick, easy, and convenient calorimetry tool.
Case study: research of various heat of adsorption of amine solution
The figure is a variety of hot amine solution containing adsorption comparison:
Thermal Analysis Related Technologies (SETSYS and SENSYS)
(1) SETARAM SETSYS High Temperature Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer
SETARAM SETSYS high temperature synchronization thermal analyzer provides a wide temperature range, as well as a number of unique advanced features and accessories, in particular, can be tested in the corrosive atmosphere of water vapor and can meet the demanding requirements of different customers. Of course, SETSYS can be used in the adsorption of different materials and measure the adsorption properties of CO2.
Case Study: aminated solid adsorbent
By thermal gravimetric method for the solid amine CO2 adsorption-desorption properties of the sorbent material for analysis, while the corresponding catches available CO2. The following figure is the use of pressure swing adsorption technology, the solid amine CO2 adsorbents were studied:
(2) SETARAM SENSYS High Pressure Adsorption Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer
SENSYS TG-DSC has the most accurate, the absolute calibration of the three-dimensional Calvert DSC sensor, and fully symmetrical photoelectric balance, also can work under pressure and atmosphere conditions, in which will not affect the baseline stability and measurement sensitivity. In addition, the advanced gas adsorption capabilities accept the corrosive gas and water vapor.
Case study: research CO2 absorption and desorption properties of the material
High sensitivity DSC and full symmetric balance SENSYS ideal for adsorption of CO2, while associated with a number of analytical methods usage (including BET, FTIR, MS, fluorescence, the humidity meter and gas adsorption, etc.). The figure is the study of the adsorption properties of hydrophilic amine polymer under certain humidity:
Volumetric Adsorption Related Technologies (PCTPro)
(1) PCTPro High Pressure Gas Adsorption Analyzer
Since the acquisition of an US company, HyEnergy, SETARAM started the business in the new energy field. By the rapid development of the company, and the continuous expanding of gas adsorption improvements in recent years, today, SETARAM provides a powerful, easy-to-use gas adsorption workstation in the market. It can measure the high pressure adsorption of various gases, such as H2, N2, CO2, CH4, CO, NH3, etc. And the measurement range of the mass can be from mg to kg, while the temperature measurement range from -260 ℃ to 500 ℃; at the same time, can also be connected to a high pressure mass spectrometry, in order to analyze the escaping gas; or connects to a simultaneous thermal analyzer for on-line analysis of gas adsorption in the entire process.
Case Study: CO2 capture studies of porous materials
Sieverts principles based design on high performance gas sorption platform, which is a porous material (activated carbon, MOFs organic metal compounds framework, carbon nanotubes, thin film), provides the related researched of CO2 adsorption technology. The design of automatic control program can provide sample preparation, gas adsorption PCT test, adsorption kinetics test, and the adsorption kinetics loop test.
The figure is the study of zeolite of CO2 capture:
Case Study: research of CO2 sequestration by coal
CO2 underground storage is one of the solution of the storage in abandoned coal seams, the study of the adsorption capacity of the CO2 becomes a necessary choice.
The figure showed the CO2 volumetric adsorption capacity of pulverized coal:
(2) PCTPro High Pressure Gas Adsorption Analyzer Combines with A Calorimeter
The R&D experience of thermal analysis in SETARAM, achieves the combination of PCTPro high pressure gas adsorption analyzer and C80 calorimeter (measure the reaction heat and gas adsorption capacity), to solve the difficulties of the on-line measurement under high-pressure gas sorption. This solution expends the research of high pressure gas adsorption analyzer and provided the unique instrument for the related applications.
Case Study: MOFs materials for CO2 capture
Organometallic compounds such as porous framework materials: zeolites, activated carbon, which have superior absorption properties for. The figure is the high pressure gas adsorption analyzer (for quantitative measurement of gas adsorption & desorption) combined with a calorimetry (measuring the reaction of enthalpy variation) for the study of MOFs for CO2 adsorption:
