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
- 2-D high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with PDD
- High-temperature simulated distillation GC
Computational Facilities
- Silicon graphics computers
- Molecular Simulations Inc. software for catalyst research
- CAChe software for computational analysis of catalysis
- MOPAC software for quantum chemical analysis of chemical reactions
- 3-D modeling and visualization software 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
- Tubular fixed-bed reactor for CO2 hydrogenation to alcohols
- Tubular fixed-bed reactor for CO2 hydrogenation to liquid hydrocarbons
- 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
- 25 mL-80 mL high-pressure batch micro-reactors