Laboratory

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