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Hydrogen

Renewable and low carbon Hydrogen to contribute over 20% of global carbon abatement by 2050.

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

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

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 H2ON SUPPORTED Ni CATALYST

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 adsorption
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CO2BREAKTHROUGH 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

Hydrogen will play a key role in decarbonization as it supports 60% of the applications with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

Adsorbents, Membranes, and Catalysts

  • Optimize adsorption / desorption cycle to increase productivity and reduce cost
  • Determine CO2 that can be adsorbed
  • Maximize activity and lifetime of the catalyst
  • Measure membrane pore size to optimize transport and reactivity

Steam Reforming

Biomass

Green Electroylsis

HYDROGEN STORAGE

Adsorbents, Catalysts

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

Storage: MOFs, Zeolites, Carbon

Synthesis CH3OH, NH3, HCOOH

Hydrogenation LOHC, Metal Hydrides

HYDROGEN APPLICATION

Adsorbents, Membranes, and 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

Fuel Cells

Ammonia, Fertilizer, Fuel

Chemical Processes

Relevant Resources

Application Notes / Brochures / Webinars

3Flex

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

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

ICCS Catalyst Characterization

Important and powerful techniques used in the characterization of solids

Micropore Analysis of Zeolites Using the ASAP 2420

Net Zero

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.
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Renewable and low carbon Hydrogen to contribute over 20% of global carbon abatement by 2050.
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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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