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Although porous materials are promising for this purpose, dedicated optical cells capable of evaluating their separation performance under controlled HTHP environments remain scarce. Here, an HTHP optical cell was engineered using a 316L stainless-steel framework integrated with quartz-glass windows to enable direct visualization and performance assessment of porous materials under precisely regulated thermal and pressure conditions. The apparatus operates at up to 160\u2009\u00b0C and 2 MPa. In representative static-holding and steady-injection validation tests, the system exhibited excellent stability, with maximum recorded deviations of 0.2\u2009\u00b0C\/0.012 MPa and 0.1\u2009\u00b0C\/0.003 MPa from the respective mean values, and no anomalous fluctuations were detected. The setup was validated using three distinct porous media, including a sponge, a membrane, and a packed powder bed, to demonstrate its broad applicability. 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