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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Shiguang LI, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Shaojun Zhou, Palatine, IL (US);
Howard S. Meyer, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Miao Yu, Pittsford, NY (US);
Moises A. Carreon, Boulder, CO (US);
Shiguang Li, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Shaojun Zhou, Palatine, IL (US);
Howard S. Meyer, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Miao Yu, Pittsford, NY (US);
Moises A. Carreon, Boulder, CO (US);
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Abstract
Adsorbent pellets coated with an outer nano-porous layer can be loaded with gas at loading pressures of 250 bar or greater, enabling a much higher loading than can be achieved at low pressures. The nano-porous layer provides nano-valves which can be sealed with an adsorbate such as ethanol or a hydrocarbon to close the nano-valves. The closed nano-valves maintain the high loading pressure inside the adsorbent pellets, and thus maintain the gas loading, during storage of the loaded nano-valved adsorbent pellets at much lower pressure. To release the gas, the nano-porous layer can be heated to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the adsorbate and open the nano-valves.