Other Capabilities

Sulfur Analysis

• GC (with FID, TCD, & PFPD)
• Total sulfur analyzer

Catalyst/Sorbent Characterization

• X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
• X-ray Diffraction XRD
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS)
• BET surface area analysis
• Temperature Programmed Reduction (TPR)

Process Design and Simulation

• Mass and energy balances
• Equilibrium and feasibility studies
• Conceptual process design
• Kinetic investigations
• Scale-up for pilot plants

Reactor Design

• Reactor scale-up
• Solid modeling

Process Control

• Automated control system development and implementation for one-off to pilot-scale reactor systems and equipment
• Integration of existing equipment, mass flow controllers, and sensors for safe, unattended operation of exothermic chemical reactions
• Color-touch-screen PLC contol with DCS structure to accommodate serial, analog, and digital I/O
• Previous projects have included Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reactors and desulfurization systems