TOMSK, Nov 20 – RIA Tomsk. Specialists of Institute of Smart Materials and Technologies of Tomsk State University (TSU) started development of new ways of dry of compressed air which will allow to increase its purity and to reduce prime cost, the press service of the university reports on Monday.
According to the press service, the compressed atmospheric air is used in the power, chemical, oil and gas industry, mechanical engineering and medicine. Emergence of condensate at compression of air can lead to damages of the equipment and decline in quality of the final product.
It is explained that different sorbents including oxide of aluminum which lack is the low ability to moisture absorption are used for drainage of air. The chemists intend to increase functionality of active oxide of aluminum due to use of new technology of its receiving and "modifying of surface of adsorbent ions of alkaline metals".
"Their improved phase and chemical composition which will provide the increased absorbing ability and stability of work in the conditions of high concentration of vapors of water will be feature of the offered sorbents. This development is important not only in respect of import substitution, but also from the point of view of creation of the export potential", – the research associate of the Centre for Research in Materials and Technologies of TSU Evgeny Meshcheryakov is quoted.
It is added that the way of receiving of adsorbent demands less energy consumption, gives less harmful waste, is optimum from the point of view of ecology of production, prime cost and quality of the final product.
It is noted also that chemists will present the result of work in 2019. The project is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.