Clean Fuels and Catalysis Facilities

Analytical Facilities

• Low-Level Sulfur Analyzers for Sulfur Analysis
• High-Temperature/High-Pressure CIR FT-IR System for Catalyst Characterization
• Tapered Element Oscillating microscope (TEOM) for Dynamic Characterizing Catalysts under Flow Reaction Conditions
• Pulse Chemisorption and TPD/TPR Apparatus for Catalyst Characterization
• Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) Coupled with Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
• Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
• Capillary GCs with FID and TCD
• Capillary GC with Sulfur-Specific PFPD
• 2D-High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with PDD
• High-Temperature Simulated Distillation GC
• Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (CPMAS NMR) and Liquid-state NMR

Computational Facilities

• Silicon Graphics Computers
• Molecular Simulations Inc. Softwares for Catalyst Research
• CAChe Softwares for Computational Analysis of Catalysis
• MOPAC Software for Quantum Chemical Analysis of Chemical Reactions
• 3-D Modeling and Visualization Softwares for Molecules and Chemical Reactions

Laboratory Reactors

• Multiple tubular flow reactor system for adsorption desulfurization for fuel cells and refinery applications
• Tubular flow reactor for reforming of natural gas to syngas and hydrogen
• Tubular flow reactor for reforming of liquid alcohol fuels for fuel cells
• Tubular flow reactor for reforming of liquid hydrocarbon fuels for fuel cells
• Tubular flow reactor for conversion of CO in reformates for fuel cells
• High-pressure fixed-bed gas-phase flow reactor
• High-pressure fixed-bed liquid-phase flow reactor for hydroprocessing
• Teflon-lined reactors and special ovens for synthesis of zeolite catalysts
• High-pressure liquid-phase continuous-flow reactor
• 300 mL and 1000 mL stirred-tank autoclave reactors
• 25 mL-80 mL high-pressure batch micro-reactors
• 1000 mL multi-stage continuous flow stirred-tank reactor capable of high temperature and high pressure operations