Shared more. Cited more. Safe forever.
    • advanced search
    • submit works
    • about
    • help
    • contact us
    • login
    View Item 
    •   MOspace Home
    • University of Missouri-Columbia
    • Office of Undergraduate Research (MU)
    • Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (MU)
    • 2008 Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (MU)
    • View Item
    •   MOspace Home
    • University of Missouri-Columbia
    • Office of Undergraduate Research (MU)
    • Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (MU)
    • 2008 Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (MU)
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    advanced searchsubmit worksabouthelpcontact us

    Browse

    All of MOspaceCommunities & CollectionsDate IssuedAuthor/ContributorTitleSubjectIdentifierThesis DepartmentThesis AdvisorThesis SemesterThis CollectionDate IssuedAuthor/ContributorTitleSubjectIdentifierThesis DepartmentThesis AdvisorThesis Semester

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular AuthorsStatistics by Referrer

    Nanoporous biocarbon as a storage system for methane

    Bai, Lin
    Bowman, Samuel
    Pfeifer, Peter
    View/Open
    [PDF] NanoporousBiocarbonStorageSystem.pdf (15.27Kb)
    Date
    2008
    Contributor
    University of Missouri-Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research
    Format
    Presentation
    Metadata
    [+] Show full item record
    Abstract
    Activated carbon produced from waste corn cobs have recently been developed as an efficient and economical form of gas storage. With rising gas prices and concerns of global warming, natural gas has been brought to attention as an alternative to gas and diesel. Activated carbons are capable of storing natural gas at low pressures and safe lengths of time via gas adsorption. Van der Waals interactions between methane gas molecules and the carbon solid forces the methane into a supercritical fluid that adsorbs onto surface of the solid. Methane uptake is assessed gravimetrically with steel sample cells. Masses are calibrated to correct for the effects due to air buoyancy. Data collected through methane isotherms, techniques of solid state NMR, and small-angle scattering reveal the pore structures and distribution of various carbon samples. The optimal pore size can be determined by executing methane isotherms at varying pressures between 25 and 500 psi. Ultimately, the same advances will be performed with hydrogen gas in exploring solutions and improvements to the gas crisis.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10355/1707
    Part of
    2008 Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (MU)
    Collections
    • 2008 Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (MU)

    Send Feedback
    hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems
     

     


    Send Feedback
    hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems