Method for the capture and storage of waste
| Patent Number: | 9,552,897 |
| Issued: | 1/24/2017 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | Systems and methods for capturing waste are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for a high level of confinement and long term stability. The systems and methods include adsorbing waste into a metal-organic framework (MOF), and applying pressure to the MOF material's framework to crystallize or make amorphous the MOF material thereby changing the MOF's pore structure and sorption characteristics without collapsing the MOF framework. |
| Filed: | 9/18/2015 |
| Application Number: | 14/858,232 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |