EQUIPMENT

SERVICES

• Specialized Environmental Catalysis Laboratory, SIU, Tower 2, 332-333.

• Infrared spectroscopy and determination of viscosity laboratory. SIU, Tower 1, 3rd floor.

• Central Laboratories SIU.

• Batch and continuous reaction systems for catalytic activity studies. 

• NOx Chemioluminescence analyzer.

• Gas Chromatographs with thermal conductivity detectors, flame ionization and mass spectrometer.

• Headspace Autosampler.

• Solids characterization equipment with programmed temperature techniques (TPR, TPD, TPO) and chemisorption coupled to mass spectrometer.

• High pressure reaction system.

• Membrane separation system.

• Reactors, ovens and muffles for catalysts synthesis.

• Aspersion dryer.

• Extraction equipment microwave assisted/

• Karl Fisher titration equipment.

• Simulation software licences for ANSYS-Fluent and Gaussian

•  IR Antaris IGS de ThermoScientific

• Planetary ball mill PM 100, Retsch brand, curundum jar of 250 mL, curundum balls.

• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Frontier brand,horizontal attenuated total reflectance cells (HATR) for solids and liquids samples, Diffuse reflectance cells (DiffusIR) for solids samples and in-situ analysis.

• Rotational viscometer, Fungilab brand, with needles for: 600 mL samples, small sample and low viscosity.

• Microactivity tests on catalysts for NOx reduction and decomposition to nitrogen in the presence of water.

• Analysis of NOx, N2O, CO, CO2, methane, propane, propylene, H2O, HCl and some organochlorinated compounds in fixed sources.

• Advisement on control of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, organochlorinated compounds and particulate material in fixed sources. 

• Essential oils analysis.

• Modelling and simulation of chemical processes.

• Modelling and simulation of flow patterns in real equipment with the use of CFD tools. 

• Drying experiments for raw materials and terminated products in aspersion and microwave dryers.

• Chemisorptions: TPO, TPD-NH3, TPD-CO2, TPR.

• Volatile compounds analysis in solid and liquid matrices using headspace.

• Determination of humidity by Karl-Fisher.

• Grinding solids using planetary ball mill.

• Infrared spectroscopy analysis for solids, liquids and in-situ samples.

• Determination of essential oils, suspensions and solutions viscosity.