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                                                Crystallite Size
Dispersion
Metal Area
Pulse Titration
TPR / TPO / TPD
ChemBET Pulsar -TPR/ TPD	
ChemBET Pulsar 	
Automatic Chemisorption Analyzer
TPR/TPD
2	
Instrument Features
The ChemBET Pulsar TPR/TPD represents the very best in catalyst characterization using  
automated flow methods of analysis.  
 
Fully automated analysis sequences are programmed using the TPRWin software.
Titrations for metal area and dispersion determination use an automatic loop injector  
and automatic gas switching. Furnace temperature ramping provides for temperature  
programmed methods and sample preparation, both including rapid furnace cooling  
using forced air for higher throughput.  The Pulsar uses a proven TCD detector both  
oxidation AND ammonia resistant, with stable current control for baseline stability and  
reproducible signals.  Plumbed in stainless-steel for maximum chemical compatibility,  
the Pulsar is ideal for use with a wide range of gases.  High-temperature quartz sample  
cells are standard, as is the in-cell thermocouple providing accurate sample temperature 
measurements.  
 
An optional quadrapole mass spectrometer is available allowing for species  
c@7?erentiation during temperature programmed analyses.
Automation	
Interchangeable Injection Loop
Calibration
Automatic Titration Valve
Bypass Valves Cell Sample 
Temperature Monitoring
Vapor Trap	
"%?BCold Trap@??P	
1100	oC Furnace, 
Software Controlled
Automatic Switching
between Multiple Gas 
Inputs
Forced Air Cooling Valve Status Display	
Display Cover	
Rapid titration & extreme sensitivity.
TPA overlays for easy comparison.
ChemBET Pulsar 	
Automatic Chemisorption Analyzer
TPR/TPD
3	
Specifications
Automatic Injection Loop
Automatic Gas Switching between 4 ports
Automatic Forced Air Cooling of Furnace Calibration Port
Quartz Glassware	
 	
Self-sealing Sample Cell Holders 
Stainless-Steel Plumbing	
   	
V ariable Gas Flow Rate Control
Sample Cell Bypass	
 	
I n-Line Cold Trap with Bypass
Supplementary Outgas/ 
Preparation Station	
 	
M ass Spec Connection Port	 	
High Temperature (350	oC) Heating Mantle
High Temperature  (1100oC) Furnace
Cell Sample Thermocouple	
Capability (Automatic)
Pulse Titration (metal area)
Temperature programmed Reduction (TPR)
Temperature programmed Desorption (TPD@??P
Temperature programmed Oxidation (TPO@??P
Temperature programmed Surface Reaction (TPSR)
Gas Compatibility:
Input Pressure (gauge): Gas Lines: Voltage: 
Frequency:  Power:
Mantle, Max Temp: Mantle Power:
Furnace, Max Temp: Furnace Power:  H	
2, O	2, CO, CO	2, N	2O, SO	2, 
NH	
3, N	2,  Ar, Kr, He 
70-140 kPa (10-20 psig)
5 x 1.5m 1/8” s.s. (supplied)
100 - 240 VAC
50/60 Hz
70 VA
350	
oC
125 W
1100
oC
575 W	
Software Control
Programming of the following actions 
creates a customized multi-step  
@5?u#macro`y? which automatically controls 
the analysis:
Gas switching
Manifold purge
Start/stop signal acquisition
Temperature ramping (by rate)
Temperature ramping (by time)
Multiple heating/cooling profiles
Cooling fan on/off
Pulse injection
The following data are presented on
screen in real time and automatically 
stored:
TCD signal
Sample temperature
Time	
Utilities	
1
2	
1
2	
Thermal Conductivity Detector: 
TCD Filaments:
Furnace Cooling:  Gas Input Ports:
Loop Volumes Supplied:	Dual-Filament 
Diffusion Type
Oxidation and Ammonia 
Resistant
Forced air 	
(PC Controlled)	
5
50, 100, 250 µL	
 (others available)	
Hardware	
    Features
ChemBET Pulsar 	
Automatic Chemisorption Analyzer
TPR/TPD
4	
Carbons, Fuel Cells, etc.
  Industrial Catalysts(eg.  Hydrocracking, Hydrodesulfurization,     
Hydrodenitrogenation     
 and Fischer-Tropsch@??P
Supported Metals
"%?B Reforming, Partial 
Oxidation,  Hydrogenation,     
Automotive Exhaust, etc.@??P	
TPR: Temperature 
Programmed Reduction
Many heterogeneous catalysts are used 
as the zero-valence metal, but start life 
as the oxide.  An important factor in 
catalyst design and use is the ease of 
reduction of the metal oxide and TPR is 
a direct measure of that.  A reducing gas 
mixture, say 2%-5% H	
2 in N	2, flowing over 
the oxide will cause reduction at some 
point as the temperature is raised using 
a linear heating ramp.  The signal caused 
by consumption of hydrogen represents 
the rate of reaction and goes through 
a maximum at a temperature that is 
characteristic of both the oxide and the 
heating rate.  
Repeating the same analysis on a fresh 
sample at a different heating rate is the 
means by which activation energy for the 
process can be evaluated.  Low loadings 
of metal oxides, especially surface oxides, 
generate little water and a successful 
analysis can be done without trapping it.  
Larger amounts of moisture generated 
by the reduction of bulk oxides can be 
trapped prior to reaching the detector to 
leave a clean signal based solely on the 
change in hydrogen concentration.	
TPO: Temperature 
Programmed Oxidation
Carbons and carbides are amenable to 
evaluation by careful oxidation while 
being heated.  A stream of diluted 
oxygen (e.g. 2-10% O	
2 in He) directed 
over the sample during a linear heating 
ramp generates a signal due to the loss 
of O	
2 from the gas stream.  The products 
of oxidation, CO and CO	
2 , need not be 
trapped.  The specially chosen filaments 
used in the Pulsar"tas TCD detector are 
resistant to oxidation and operate 
normally in the suggested gas mixtures. 
Different forms of carbon such as 
amorphous, nanotube, filament 
and graphitic, oxidize at different 
temperatures due to varying availability 
of reactive carbon-carbon bonds.  In 
this way, fullerenes, soots, cokes on 
catalysts, etc can be quickly characterized 
and differentiated. Oxidation catalysts, 
e.g. those incorporating chromium, 
cobalt, copper and manganese, and 
redox supports like ceria can also be 
characterized by TPO. 	
TPD: Temperature 
Programmed Desorption
Species previously adsorbed can be 
desorbed into a stream of pure carrier 
gas to generate a characteristic finger-
print.  The most common application 
is ammonia TPD, by which one can 
evaluate relative acid site strength of, 
for example, zeolites.  Basic sites can 
similarly be evaluated by TPD of carbon 
dioxide.
Some materials may be characterized 
by decomposition, or dissociation, of 
the bulk solid, not merely by desorption 
from the surface.  Such examples 
include carbonates resulting from CO	
2   
removal studies, hydrides used as 
potential hydrogen storage materials, 
etc.	
Pulse Titration: 
Quantitative Analysis
This technique is used to determine the 
following data: 
(i) strong chemisorption uptake,  
(ii) active metal area, (iii) metal 
dispersion, (iv) average nanocluster 
(crystallite) size.
After suitable in-situ preparation, 
which may be combined with TPR/TPO, 
the sample is automatically titrated 
with small, known volumes (pulses) 
of reactive gas. The detector senses 
the excess gas which does not react 
with the sample. The total volume of 
gas which does react with the sample is 
automatically determined by simple back 
calculation using TPRWin software.
B.E.T. Surface Area: 
Physisorption
The Pulsar can determine total (B.E.T.) 
surface area with remarkable sensitivity. 
By flowing various mixtures of nitrogen  
and helium over the sample cooled 
with liquid nitrogen, the surface area 
can be determined from 0.1 square 
meters upwards. Using mixtures 
of krypton and helium the limit of 
detection is extended down to 0.01 
square meters. A single point B.E.T. 
result can be obtained in under ten 
minutes. TPRWin software records the 
signals automatically, computes the 
B.E.T. @5?u#C`y? constant, y-intercept, slope 
and correlation coefficient of the least-
squares best-fit.	
Measurement Capabilities & 
Applications	
Zeolites  
(eg. FCC, Isomerization)	
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TPR/TPD
                                                
                                            
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Date d'upload du document :
                                                
                                                        mardi 12 janvier 2021