BELSORP BET Systems

Profile
 BEL Japan, Inc. was established in 1988
 Developed world’s first full automatic vapor adsorption system
and much more.
 In 2013, BEL became a part of Nikkiso Group and renamed as
Microtrac BEL corp
 focuses on the development of the instruments for
characterization of powders, catalysis and many kind of
materials based on adsorption technology
 Microtrac BEL Corp. is a specialist in adsorption.
 System offerings from Microtrac BEL
 Systems for Measurement of Surface area,
Porosity.
 System for Catalyst evaluation.
 Systems for measurement of Adsorption behaviour
at high pressure.
 Systems for measurement of Adsorption using
Vapours.
 Complete range of Accessories and software for
the above systems
 BEL Products – For physisorption

BELSORP-mini X BELSORP-max

BEL
Technology
for physisorption

BELSORP-HP BELSORP-aqua3
 X Outstanding Excellence
I. High precision measurement at 1.5x throughput
II. Measurement time is significantly shortened
III. Equipped with GDO* functionality
IV. Automatically measures adsorption isotherms according to
minimum condition settings
V. Equipped with AFSMTM for increased measurement
precision and reproducibility
VI. Adsorption isotherm measurement of various gases over a
wide range of temperatures
VII. Progress of measurement can be monitored on software.
VIII. Improved operability
IX. Improved maintainability
X. Smallest, most lightweight implementation in the world

BELSORP®-miniX
Specific Surface Area/ Pore Size
Distribution Measurement
Specific surface area: 0.01 m2/g or more
Pore size distribution: 0.7 to 400 nm
(Optional: 0.35 to 400 nm)
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Features of BELSORP-miniX

Up to 4 specimens can be measured

1 simultaneously

Next generation software

2 Equipped with Gas Dosing Optimization
(GDO) functionality

AFSM Method for Dead Volume

3 correction

4 A variety of options

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High throughput measurement at
1.5x

Dedicated ports and pressure sensors are

built-in for each of the 4 ports + saturation
vapor pressure (P0)

Capable of 150% maximum processing

capacity compared to previous models

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 Gas dosing optimization

Measurement Measurement
Target Details
mode time
Monitor the adsorption volume during
Unknown/
measurement, and automatically optimize gas
Simple mode known Normal
dosing. Even unknown specimens can be easily
specimens
measured in a well-balanced way.
The measurer inputs detailed information such as
Professional Known Fast the gas dosing amount.
mode specimen (assuming optimization) Known specimens can be measured according to
the intentions of the measurer.
Using past data, software calculates the optimum
GDO Known
gas dosage and performs measurement. Anyone
(Gas Dosing specimen Fastest
can easily perform measurements under
Optimization) (data present)
maximally optimized conditions.

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 What is AFSM ? (Dead volume)

Vd (dead volume)
Vd has two zones of different temperature (RT and
77K). Commonly, it is expressed as the apparent
volume provided that the temperature in Vd is same
as the temperature in Vs.
This value simplifies the calculation of adsorption
amount from gas state equation.

Vd would change, as LN2 level changes.

In the conventional instruments, Vd is measured

before or after adsorption measurement and it should
be kept constant during the measurement.
(LN2 level should be kept constant.)
 Conventional LN2 control method
Various methods have been developed to
keep LN2 level constant.

Temperature
１ Isothermal jacket Temperature
could be changed.
could be changed.

２ Vacuum jacket

３ Dewar elevator

４ LN2 transfer

５ Pre-measurement
 AFSM- Advanced Free Space Measurement

AFSM

Advanced Free Space

Measurement
•A dVd cell which has the same inner diameter as
that of sample cell was adopted for measuring free
space (Vd) change in the sample cell.

•Prior to the adsorption measurement, a certain

pressure of gas is dosed to the dVd cell. During the
adsorption measurement, the Vd change in sample
cell can be corrected continuously from the pressure
change in dVd cell.
Advantage of AFSM

×
AFSM can remove all the reasons for error

Highly accurate and

reproducible data
 A variety of options

Options Details
Gas selector (4 port) Supports software selection of various gasses for adsorption measurement
Circulating water tank (0 to 70°C) Can measure adsorption near room temperature
Electric furnace (max temp 430°C) Preprocessing and specimen temperature control available

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Pretreatment system

BELPREP-vacⅡ

BELPREP-flowⅡ
 Pretreatment system

BELPREP-flowⅡ BELPREP-vacⅡ
Heat in inert gas flow
Pretreatment method Heat in inert gas flow and
Heat under vacuum
Gas N2 or other inert gas
Number of ports 3
Temperature RT～430℃
Accuracy ±5℃
W321×H158×D363mm W321×H158×D398
Physical
11kg 15kg（main unit）
Ultimate vacuum ー 10Pa>
 Partial list of BEL users in India
Indian Institute of Science (IIS) BELSORP-max
BPCL R&D Centre, Noida Belsorp Max
Indian Institute of Science (IIS) BELSORP-aqua3
Centre for Incubation Innovation
Jawaharlal Nahru Center for Advanced
BELSORP-aqua3 Research and Consultancy , Jyothi Belsorp Max
Scientific Research (JNCASR)
engineering college
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) BELSORP-max , Chemisorption module Bharathiar university Belsorp Max
Indian Institute of Petroleum（IIP)
(Council of Scientific and Industrial BELSORP-max CENS Belsorp Max
Research)
JNCASR, Bangalore Belsorp Max II
Indian Institute of Science Education
BELSORP-max, chemisorption module
and Research (IISER), PUNE
IIT, BHU, Varanasi Belsorp Max II
Indian Institute of Science Education
BELSORP-max, Chemiorption module Indian Institute of Chemical Technology BELSORP-mini II
and Research (IISER), BhopaL

Indian Institute of Science Education Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),

BELSORP-max,Chemisorption module BELSORP-mini II
and Research (IISER) Mohali Kharagpur
Anna University, Dept of Physics BELSORP-mini II
C.S.I.O Chandigarh BELMAX
IIT, Ropar Belsorp Mini X
Jain University, Bangalore BELMAX
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi BELSORP-mini II
VIT University, Chennai Belsorp Max
BITS, Pilani - Hyderabad BELSORP-mini II
National Institute of Technology, Calicut Belsorp Max
Anna University, Dept of Chemistry BELSORP-mini II
Vels University Belsorp Max
Central University Rajasthan BELSORP-mini II
Punjab university, Dept of Chemistry Belsorp Max
BU- DRDO Centre, Coimbatore BELSORP-mini II
University of Calicut Belsorp Max
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