Laboratory

Facilities

Facilities

Physical, chemical characterization and analysis

  •   X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) – Phillips Panalytical X’pert Pro MPD diffractometer
  •   Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM-EDX)
    Philips XL30 ESEM FEG equiped with EDAX fluorescence analysis
  • FT-IR spectrometer -SHIMADZU – 8400S
  • UV-VIS spectrophotometer -Agilent 8453
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES)
  • HORIBA Jobin Yvon Ultima 2
  • Elemental analyzer of CHNS in solid samples – Thermoquest NA2100
  • X-ray fluorescence
  • TOC analyzer – Shimadzu VCPH 5050A
  • Ionic chromatography – Dionex ICS 3000
  • Mass analyzer of gas – Pfeiffer GSD 320
  • GC – Agilent 6890N
  • COD – Merck Nova 60
  • Oneline continuous gas analyzer (HCl, CH4, H20)
  • Two µ-GC – My GC, Agilent
  • One GC – SIMDIST
  •   Particle size distribution – MALVERN Laser Mastersizer Hydro 2000
  •   BET specific surface area – MICROMETRICS Gemini Vacprep 061
  •   Adsorption desorption isotherm measurement – MICROMETRICS ASAP 2010
  •   True density – MICROMERITICS Accupyc 1330

Thermal analysis :

  • Thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry (TGA-DSC)
  • TA Instruments SDTQ600 analyzer
  • Horizontal and vertical ovens operating up to 1200-1400 °C
  • Under different gas flows
  • Static oven – Nabertherm Kiln (up to 1100 °C)
  • Autoclaves (high T and P)

Pilots installation :

  •  Rotary Kiln Calciner (dimension)
  •  Semi-mobile Flash/Dryer Calciner (dimension)
  •  Fluidized Bed Reactor – ID = 60mm; H = 605mm
  •  Batch stainless steel reactor – 250 mL, TOP Industrial
  •  Fixed-bed reactor for catalytic application
  •  Fisher-Tropsch reactor for heterogeneous catalysis
  •  Triphasic G/L/S glass reactor