Composite thermochemical energy storage (TCES) represents an exciting field of thermal which could address the issue seasonal variance in renewable supply. However, there are open questions about their performance and root cause some observed phenomena. Some researchers have breakdown particles production phase, use. This study seeks to investigate underlying this breakdown. SEM EDX analysis be...

In this work, an attempt has been made to modify the shape and nanostructure of core-shell materials, which have been usually generated on the basis of amorphous spherical cores. Novel core-shell silicate particles, each of which consists of a silicalite-1 zeolite crystal core and mesoporous shell (ZCMS), were synthesized for the first time. The ZCMS core-shell particles are unique because they...

Microprobe X-ray fluorescence tomography was used to investigate metal poison deposition in individual, intact and industrially deactivated fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) particles at two differing catalytic life-stages. 3 D multi-element imaging, at submicron resolution was achieved by using a large-array Maia fluorescence detector. Our results show that Fe, Ni and Ca have significant concentr...

By using alcohol as carbon source, high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) can be generated at relatively low CVD temperatures from metal catalysts supported with zeolite [1]. Based on these findings, we have proposed alcohol catalytic CVD (ACCVD) technique. In addition to the conventional metal particles supported on zeolite, we have developed a simple dip-coat method to directly di...

Bulk amount of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been generated by laser-oven or arc-discharge techniques, and recently by catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) technique. CCVD technique is being intensively developed for the possibility of larger-scale production of high quality SWNTs at a low cost. We have demonstrated the high-quality generation of SWNTs by utilizing gas phase...

Nanosized zeolite crystals (nanozeolites) with narrow particlesize distributions and sizes less than 100 nm have received much attention because of their great potential applications in catalysis and adsorption. The decrease in the crystal sizes results in high external surface areas, reduced diffusion path lengths, and more exposed active sites. For example, small Y-type zeolite crystals have ...

To rapidly treat a large amount of air containing trace volatile organic compounds, we previously developed an air cleaner consisting of a continuous adsorption-anddesorption concentrator with a honeycomb rotor loading zeolite particles and a photocatalytic reactor with a parallel array of nine 6W blacklight blue fluorescent lamps. In the present work, this air cleaner was miniaturized and its ...

Ni-, Cu-, and Fe-loaded acidic and basic Y zeolites were synthesized, and their catalytic properties for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) to ethylene were characterized. Acidic Ni-loaded Y zeolite exhibits an ethylene productivity of up to 1:08 gC2H4 g 1 cat h 1 with a selectivity of 75%. Acidic Cuand Fe-loaded Y zeolites have an ethylene productivity of up to 0:37 gC2H4 g 1 cat h 1 a...

The surfaces of NaY zeolite particles were modified by the alkylsilylation of n-octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS). Two kinds of modified NaY zeolites were prepared; one with its external surface partially and the other fully covered with alkylsilyl groups. Since the size of OTS is bigger than the pore diameter of NaY, it is attached on the external surface, leaving the internal pore accessible to ...

Cryogenic Helium Adsorbed in Zeolite Rho: Inside Localization Controlled Self-Diffusion of Confined Quantum Particles Piotr Kowalczyk,* Piotr A. Gauden, Artur P. Terzyk, Sylwester Furmaniak, and Katsumi Kaneko Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, 6845Western Australia, Australia Department of Chemistry, Physicochemist...