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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and particularly their subclass - Zeolite Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) - are used for a variety of applications including particularly energy storage. Highly porous MOFs mixed with non-wetting liquids can be used to form molecular springs (MS) for efficient mechanical and thermal energy storage/transformation. In this paper by means of high-pressure calorimetry the energetic characteristics of {ZIF-8 + water} MS were investigated in wide temperature and pressure ranges. Unexpectedly XRD measurements show that the concomitant effects of temperature and pressure on {ZIF-8 + water} MS leads to an irreversible change of the ZIF-8 structure, transforming its symmetry from cubic to orthorhombic. Whereas, previous studies have demonstrated the stability of ZIF-8 under either high pressure or high temperature.

New experimental results for the solubility of nitrogen and carbon dioxide in polystyrene are reported, accompanied by data on the change in volume of the polymer caused by the sorption process. The two phenomena were measured simultaneously with a combined technique, in which the quantity of penetrating fluid introduced into the system was evaluated by pressure-decay measurements in a calibrated volume, whereas a vibrating-wire force sensor was employed for weighing the polymer sample during sorption inside of the high-pressure equilibrium cell. The use of the two techniques was necessary because the effects of swelling and solubility could not be decoupled in a single gravimetric or pressure-decay measurement. The sorption of nitrogen in polystyrene was studied along three isotherms from 313 to 353 K at pressures up to 70 MPa. The sorption of carbon dioxide was measured along four isotherms from 338 to 402 K up to 45 MPa. The results are compared with values from the literature when possible, although our data extend significantly the pressure ranges of the latter. The uncertainties affecting our measurements with nitrogen are 1 mg of N 2 /g of polystyrene in solubility and 0.1% of the volume of the polymer. For carbon dioxide, the uncertainties are 5 mg of N 2 /g of polystyrene and 0.5% respectively, carbon dioxide being about 1 order of magnitude more soluble than nitrogen.

A flow mixing unit adapted to a Setaram C-80 calorimeter was used for measuring enthalpies of absorption of carbon dioxide in a 30 wt % aqueous solution of monoethanolamine (MEA) at three temperatures (313.15, 353.15, and 393.15 K) and three pressures (2.0, 5.0, and 10.0 MPa). Determinations were performed both in the region where the gas is fully absorbed in the solvent and also in the region of concentrations above the saturation. Experimental data served to obtain the integral enthalpies of absorption and for indirect determination of solubility limits. Where comparison was possible, the presented results derived from calorimetric determinations were in reasonable agreement with those obtained from phase equilibria measurements.

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A molecular spring formed by a hydrophobic metal-organic framework Cu (tebpz) (tebpz=3,3',5,5'-tetraethyl-4,4'-bipyrazolate) and water is presented. This nanoporous heterogeneous lyophobic system (HLS) has exceptional properties compared to numerous reported systems of such type in terms of stability, efficiency, and operating pressure. Mechanical and thermal energetic characteristics as well as stability of the system are discussed and compared in detail with those of other previously reported HLS.