Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and arrangement for determining at least one pore-related parameter of a porous structure
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Application No.: US16311037Application Date: 2017-06-21
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Publication No.: US10996158B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: William Bernard Krantz , Jia Wei Chew , Farhad Zamani
- Applicant: Nanyang Technological University
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
- Current Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Priority: SG10201605162U 20160622
- International Application: PCT/SG2017/050311 WO 20170621
- International Announcement: WO2017/222475 WO 20171228
- Main IPC: G01N15/08
- IPC: G01N15/08 ; B01D65/10 ; B01D69/06 ; B01D69/08

Abstract:
In the present invention, a method for determining at least one pore-related parameter of a porous structure is provided. In a preferred embodiment, an enhanced evapoporometry (EP) technique is provided to determine pore size distribution of continuous pores of a porous structure. In this enhanced EP technique, a volatile liquid, such as isopropoyl alcohol or water, is supplied to one side of a porous structure in order to enable the volatile liquid to penetrate and saturate the porous structure through capillary force. Thereafter, an immiscible non-volatile liquid, such as glycerol, mineral oils, silicon oils or hydrophilic ionic liquid, is supplied to the one side of the porous structure. As the volatile liquid evaporates progressively from the filled pores, the emptied pores may be immediately filled by the non-volatile liquid drawn upwards by capillary action. This prevents formation of a t-layer formed from the adsorption of vapour emanating from the volatile liquid that is used to saturate the pores.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190226971A1 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE PORE-RELATED PARAMETER OF A POROUS STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-07-25
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