Adsorption tests as diagnostic tool for pollutants emissions control in SECs combustion

The topic of the research developed by Dr Gargiulo during the STSM was focused on exploring the fate of gases emitted to the atmosphere in typical SECs combustion processes (i.e., CO2, CH4, CO, H2 among others). The approach was based on studying the differences in affinity of these gases and their mixtures in meso-nanoporous materials used for monitoring their control and in the storage, as well as the interactions in the confined pore voids to maximize physisorption and/or separation. The goal of these adsorption tests on new materials based on carbon, ideally produced via inexpensive, low-energy consumption methods, using renewable resources as precursors, with flexible morphologies, pore structures and functionalities, was the identification of the optimal shape, size, geometry and chemistry of the pores as ought to be for a given application like those described above.