MRI: Acquisition of an Intelligent Gravimetric Analyzer to Characterize Gas Absorption Properties of Ionic Liquids for Energy and Environmental Applications

1126597 West该提案要求为高精度重量分析仪提供资金，该分析仪将用作更大使命的关键部分，以研究和了解两类离子液体的气体吸附行为：CO2吸收离子液体和麻醉气体吸收离子液体。他们专注于设计，合成和表征这些类型的离子液体用于气体吸收，目标是最终将其开发成实用的分离剂。方法是利用他们在热力学和有机化学方面的专业知识来设计这些化合物。他们将使用计算方法来筛选具有高气体溶解度的潜在化合物的初步库，并从中合成有希望的候选化合物。一旦合成，这些化合物将根据其对各种气体和蒸气的吸收的平衡、动力学和热性质来表征。这些分析，沿着现有的测量能力，包括热（DSC），密度和粘度测量，将提供必要的数据，以确定哪些化合物是实际使用的良好候选者。

1126597WestThis proposal requests funding for a high accuracy, gravimetric analyzer which will be used as a key part of a larger mission to study and understand the gas-sorption behavior of two classes of ionic liquids: CO2-absorbing ionic liquids and anesthetic gas-absorbing ionic liquids. They are focusing on the design, synthesis and characterization of these classes of ionic liquids for gas absorption with the goal of eventually developing them into practical separation agents. The approach is to design these compounds using their expertise in thermodynamics and organic chemistry. They will use computational methods to screen a preliminary library of prospective compounds for high gas solubility, from which they will synthesize promising candidates. Once synthesized, these compounds will be characterized in terms of their equilibrium, kinetic and thermal properties of absorption for a variety of gases and vapors. These analyses, along with existing measurement capabilities, including thermal (DSC), density and viscosity measurements, will provide the necessary data to determine which compounds are good candidates for practical use.