High throughput high resolution gas sorption screening
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsMohammad G. Alhashim, Mohammed Alshammasi
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Abstract
A system and method for high-throughput, high-resolution gas sorption screening are provided. An example system includes a sample chamber with a hermetic seal and a heat exchanger system. The heat exchanger system includes a heat exchanger disposed in the sample chamber, a coolant circulator fluidically coupled to the heat exchanger, and a sample plate comprising sample wells in contact with the cooling fluid from the coolant circulator. The system also includes a gas delivery system. The gas delivery system includes a gas source and a flow regulator. A temperature measurement system is configured to sense the temperature of the sample wells.
Claims21
A system for screening sorbents, the system comprising:
- a sample chamber with a hermetic seal;
- a heat exchanger system, comprising:
- a heat exchanger disposed in the sample chamber;
- a coolant circulator fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger;
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- a sample plate comprising sample wells extending into a volume of the heat exchanger that is fluidly isolated from the sample chamber, the sample wells being in thermal contact with a cooling fluid from the coolant circulator in the volume of the heat exchanger, the sample wells being arranged to receive the sorbents;
- a gas delivery system, comprising:
- a gas source;
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- a flow regulator;
- and
- a temperature measurement system configured to sense the temperature of at least one of the sample wells or the sorbents.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a sample chamber with a hermetic seal;
- a heat exchanger system, comprising:
- a heat exchanger comprising a shell defining an inner volume disposed inside the sample chamber, the inner volume being fluidly isolated from the sample chamber;
- a coolant circulator fluidly coupled with the heat exchanger and arranged to circulate a cooling fluid through the inner volume;
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- a plurality of tubes extending into the inner volume of the shell, each of the plurality of tubes comprising an open end to receive samples that are, when disposed inside the plurality of tubes, fluidly isolated from the inner volume;
- a gas delivery system fluidly coupled with the sample chamber;
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- a temperature measurement system configured to sense the temperature of at least one of the samples or the plurality of tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.