Services
Development of solid catalysts
- various synthesis methods based on impregnation and hydrothermal synthesis
- characterization via physi- and chemisorption (3Flex, micromeritics)
- performance testing in various test rigs (for gas and gas-liquid reactions)
Determination of reaction kinetics
- aqusition of experimental data in various test rigs (for gas and gas-liquid reactions)
- model based evaluation and determination of kinetic data (e.g. Matlab, Aspen Custom Modeler)
Design and development of chemical reactors
- mathematical model development and numerical simulations (e.g. Matlab, Aspen Custom Modeler)
- optimization of design parameters
Equipment
Test rigs
- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (ca. 25 bar, 400 °C)
- heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reactions (continuous, ca. 20 bar, 900 °C)
- non-/catalysed gas-liquid reactions (continuous, ca. 15 bar, 100 °C)
- stirred autoclave for gas-liquid reactions (dis-/continuous, 200 bar, 300 °C, 300 mL)
Analytics
- on-line gas chromatograph (CO, CO2, CH4, Ar, N2, hydrocarbons)
- off-line gas chromatograph (hydrocarbons)
- mass spectrometers (100 amu)
- 3Flex (micromeritics) for physisorption (micro and mesopores) and chemisorption (dynamic and volumetric method)
Further equipment
- lab equipment: autoclaves, centrifuges, furnaces, etc.
- high speed camera
Simulation software (research licenses)
- AspenTech University Program
- MatLab
- COMSOL Multiphysics