Analyzer for steam, gravimetric, adsorption

Gravimetric sorption analyzer for water (IGA-100) is designed to measure the adsorption / desorption of water in porous solids in the pressure range from 10-7 to 1 bar by the gravimetric method. Measurements can be made over a wide temperature range (20 - 500 oC), and also at low temperatures (77 K). The purpose of the purchase was to acquire the apparatus for testing sorption capacity for water at various conditions of new inorganic and metal-organic porous materials and other nanostructured materials in a research project Advanced materials for thermal energy storage (2010-2013). Sorption capacity studies are necessary to evaluate the use of test materials to store heat for long periods without loss (eg solar heat storage in solar thermal collectors produced in the warmer months to use it in the winter). The new apparatus allows the most effective development of new materials with improved sorption properties compared to previously known adsorbents, where the density of the stored energy is too low for wider use.

Responsible for equipment: PhD Nataša Zabukovec Logar
URL: https://www.ki.si/odseki/d09-odsek-za-anorgansko-kemijo-in-tehnologijo/oprema/
Measurements available on all the working days after prelimenary agreement.