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MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
Volume 276, Issue -, Pages 239-250Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.09.025
Keywords
Pyrolysis; Adsorption; Activation treatment; Heat pump; Inverse gas chromatography
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- Swiss National Science Foundation: National Research Programme (NRP 70) [154008]
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Monolithic, nitrogen-doped carbon sorbents were prepared from resorcinol-urea-formaldehyde resins and physically activated with CO2 for different activation times. The effect of the activation time on the water sorption behavior and the physicochemical properties were investigated. Longer activation times lead to a steeper slope of the water sorption isotherm and, due to a higher specific surface area and micropore volume, an increased water sorption capacity. It was found that, after physical activation for 3 h at 800 degrees C, the physically activated, nitrogen-doped carbon has a high surface area (>1000 m(2)/g) and a high water sorption capacity (50 wt%). In a miniaturized adsorption heat pump test stand, the best candidate material was assessed alongside commercial silica gel for reference. At a temperature swing from 90 degrees C -> 50 degrees C, the CO2-activated carbon exhibits a maximal specific cooling power which is a factor of 1.7 higher in comparison with the reference silica gel (429 W/kg versus 255 W/kg). At a more applicable temperature swing, 60 degrees C -> 30 degrees C, the CO2-activated carbon yields a specific cooling power 3.8 times higher than that of the silica gel reference (932 W/kg versus 240 W/kg).
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