Setaram sells the Gas Hydrates technology UNDER IFP's LICENCE (French Petroleum Industry) PA WO 2006/129018 A2

The microcalorimeter HP microDSC has three main elements:
a highly sensitive microcalorimeter, a pair of special high pressure vessels and a specific Very High Pressure Gas Panel.

The calorimeter is heated and cooled by Peltier elements. The main advantage of this design is that no refrigerating fluid (such as liquid nitrogen) is required to cool the instrument. The minimum temperature that can be reached is –45°C; the maximum is 120°C.

Very High Pressure Gas Panel
The pressure inside the sample cell can be controlled in a laboratory classified according to the ATEX directive in zone 1. The gas panel and the cells can work with hazardous fluids (group 1 according to the European Directive 97/23/CE). The assembly of the gas panel takes the form of an ATEX unit which can
work up to 1000 bars and an electro pneumatic control unit non ATEX. This electro pneumatic control unit is
used for controlling the pressure inside the cell. It is possible to increase and decrease pressure and to set
up some dwell periods. Pressure can be regulated with an accuracy of ± 1%.