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Carbon Dioxide Mitigation

By 2050 almost 50% of the CO2, reductions come from technologies that are currently at the demonstration or prototype phase

Micromeritics products will play a key role in the development of Adsorbents, Membranes, and Catalysts critical for technology development.

Micromeritics provides world-leading technology for the characterization of particles, powders, and porous materials

Surface Area

Surface area by gas adsorption including BET surface area

Porosity

Pore size, volume, and distribution by gas adsorption and mercury porosimetry

Density

Absolute density of solids, powders, and slurries by gas pycnometry. Automated envelope density of irregular solids and compressed bulk density (T.A.P).

Powder Flow

Shear and dynamic measurements of powder rheology and particle interactions

Activity

Catalyst activity including chemisorption, temperature-programmed reactions, and lab-scale reactor systems

Micromeritics offers the most comprehensive portfolio of high-performance instruments
 to characterize the materials required to achieve a more sustainable future

Our Solutions

3Flex

Offers physisorption and static/dynamic chemisorption for characterizing catalysts and their supports
  • Understand multi-metal catalysts’ effects on activation and adsorption of active species
  • Select catalysts providing a higher turnover frequency
  • Investigate influence of heat of adsorption
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INTERACTIONS OF H2 ON SUPPORTED Ni CATALYST

AutoChem III

Utilizes dynamic techniques to characterize the materials active sites
  • Optimize adsorption and dissociation of H2/O2 on electrolysis electrodes
  • Understand if desorption occurs near reaction conditions
  • Measure and quantify acid or base sites to optimize reactivity and selectivity
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DECONVOLUTION CO2 DESORBED BY CaO/MgO

ICCS Catalyst Characterization

Provides in-situ characterization to understand the effect of reaction conditions on the catalyst
  • Understand changes in performance over extended periods
  • Determine deactivation mechanism to maximize the catalysts’ lifetime
  • Monitor changes in active sites, oxidative state, metal dispersion, and desorption behavior
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PRESSURE IMPACT ON REDUCTION TEMPERATURE Cu-OXIDE CATALYST

Flow Reactor (FR)

Benchtop reactor studies to understand and optimize catalyst performance
  • Understand reaction kinetics to optimize operating parameters and conversion
  • Measure selectivity, efficiency, and lifetime of catalysts
  • Study of reactions requiring a liquid/gas separator at pressure and temperature
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REDUCTION OF CO2 IN THE SABATIER REACTION

3Flex

High-performance adsorption analyzer for measuring surface area, pore size and volume
  • Understand adsorbent regeneration cost and best operating parameters
  • Optimize pore size to maximize uptake capacity of the adsorbent
  • Predict the selectivity of a gas mixture using Ideal Adsorption Solution Theory (IAST)
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COMPLETE PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSD) USING DUAL NLDFT FOR ACTIVATED CARBON

Breakthrough Analyzer

Precise characterization of adsorbent or membrane under process relevant conditions
  • Lifetime and cycling studies to choose best adsorbent technology
  • Measure kinetic performance of adsorbents
  • Understand humidity effects for CO2/N2 competitive adsorp
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C02 BREAKTHROUGH CURVES SiAl LOADED WITH PEI

AutoPore V

Mercury porosimetry analysis permits detailed porous material characterization
  • Characterize pore size to understand diffusion into adsorption sights
  • Study and optimize pore size distribution, total pore volume, percent porosity, particle size, and total surface area
  • Assure reproducible adsorbent manufacturing process
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NaY ZEOLITE CUMULATIVE INTRUSION VS PORE SIZE

HPVA II

Static volumetric method to obtain high-pressure adsorption and desorption isotherms
  • Investigate the quantity of H2 or CO2 adsorbed
  • Increase productivity and reduce cost by optimizing the adsorption/ desorption cycle
  • Study candidate materials and CO2 storage sites
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H2 ADSORPTION ON MICROPOROUS CARBON
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage, CCUS, is an important portfolio of emissions reduction technologies. A clean energy future includes electric vehicles, valorizing CO2 for synthethic fuels, and industrial plants using carbon capture.

CO2 CAPTURE

Adsorbents, Membranes, and Catalysts

  • Effect of water on performance
  • Tailor pore size of membrane for application
  • Optimize adsorption / desorption cycle to minimize cost

Industrial Capture

Amine Scrubber

Direct Air Capture

CO2 STORAGE

Adsorbents, Membranes

  • Develop materials with high H2 adsorption
  • Determine critical parameters to scale adsorbents
  • Understand efficiency and lifetime of catalysts
  • Maximize catalytic activity

Metal Organic Framework

Function- alized Porous Material

Activated Carbon

CO2 Utilization

Catalysts

  • Optimize pore size of fuel cell membranes
  • Use chemisorption to determine catalyst active area
  • Adsorb/Desorb cycle optimization to minimize costs
  • Study fuel cell efficiencies

Synthetic Fuels

Shipping E-NH3, E-methanol

Aviation E-kerosene

Relevant Resources

Application Notes / Brochures / Webinars

3Flex

Adding a Custom Model to the NLDFT Library – A CO2 GCMC Model for Carbons

Analysis Of Adsorbents For Direct Air Capture Of Carbon Dioxide Using Breakthrough Analysis

Autochem III

AutoPore V

Breakthrough Adsorption: Theory and Analysis of Adsorption in Zeolites and Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)

BreakThrough Analyzer

Carbons, Zeolites and Molecular Sieves: Material Characteristics and Solutions for Characterization

Characterization of Acid Sites Using Temperature-Programmed Desorption

Characterization of Carbons Using a Micromeritics 3Flex

Direct Air Capture (DAC) of CO2 & the Important Role of Porous Materials in DAC Technology

Effect of O2 Traces in the Carrier Gas on Quantifying the Active Species in Catalysts

Evaluating Catalyst Substrates with the GeoPyc® 1360

Flow Reactor

Flow Reactor Designs

Gas Sorption Characterization of Metal Organic Frameworks

HPVA II

ICCS Catalyst Characterization

Important and powerful techniques used in the characterization of solids

Micropore Analysis of Zeolites Using the ASAP 2420

Multicomponent Breakthrough Adsorption Water/Ethanol Competitive Adsorption on a Zeolite

Net Zero

Structured Catalysts and Reactors for the Transformation of CO2 to Useful Chemicals

Temperature Programmed Reduction Using the AutoChem

Using the ASAP 2020 for Determining the Hydrogen Adsorption Capacity of Powders and Porous Materials

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Chemisorption
Adsorption of molecules onto a surface through chemical interactions.
Gas adsorption
Gas molecules sticking to a surface due to attractive forces.
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Porosimetry
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Powder flow
Movement and behavior of powdered substances, often influenced by cohesion.
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By 2050 almost 50% of the CO2 reductions come from technologies that are currently at the demonstration or prototype phase
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