Equipment
The infrastructure and the existing equipment of LEFH can be divided in the following categories: A. Pilot Plant Units B. Bench-Scale Units C. Analytical equipment and methods
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A. Pillot Plant Unitis
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Equipment |
Designed by |
Constructed by |
1 |
A riser based continuous pilot plant unit for catalytic cracking |
CPERI |
CPERI |
2 |
CPERI |
CPERI |
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3 |
AMOCO |
CPERI |
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4 |
FCC cyclic deactivation unit |
GRACE DAVISON |
CPERI |
5 |
A high pressure unit for natural gas conversion to synthesis gas and hydrogen |
CPERI |
CPERI |
6 |
Cold Flow FCC unit |
CPERI |
CPERI |
7 |
A retort unit for studies related to the upgrading of biomass for bio-fuels and production of organic chemicals |
AMOCO |
CPERI |
8 |
A special designed bench scale unit for catalytic biomass flash pyrolysis studies |
CPERI |
CPERI |
B. Bench-Scale Units
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Equipment |
Designed by |
Constructed by |
1 |
MicroActivity Testing, MAT unit |
CPERI |
CPERI |
2 |
Fixed bed reactor for evaluation of cracking catalysts at short contact times (SCT-MAT) |
GRACE DAVISON |
CPERI |
3 |
CPERI |
CPERI |
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4 |
AKZO NOBEL |
ZETOR |
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5 |
GRACE DAVISON |
CPERI |
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6 |
Fixed and fluid bed batch reactor systems for DeNOx and DeSOx studies
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CPERI |
CPERI |
7 |
Attrition Unit |
GRACE DAVISON |
CPERI |
8 |
CPERI SOLUTIONS |
CPERI |
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9 |
A fluid bed (ACE type) Microactivity test (MAT) unit (Automat unit) |
KAYSER |
ZETOR |
C. Analytical Equipment and Methods
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Equipment |
Year of purchase |
Analytical Method |
1 |
Gas Chromatographer / Mass Spec |
1993 |
CPERI method |
2 |
H PLC |
1998 |
IP 391 |
3 |
Gas Chromatographer with chemiluminescence detector |
2000 |
ASTM D 5623 |
4 |
Gas Chromatographer for qualitative analysis of hydrocarbons in gasoline |
2000 |
ASTM D 5443 |
5 |
Refinery gas analyzer |
1989 |
ASTM D 5134 |
6 |
Gas Chromatographer for GASOLINE analysis |
1993 |
UOP 539 |
7 |
GC-Simulation Distillation |
2001 |
ASTM D2887 |
8 |
Atmospheric distillation ASTM D 86 |
1994 |
ASTM D 86 |
9 |
Distillation at reduced pressure ASTM D 1160 |
1994 |
ASTM D1160 |
10 |
Crude oil distillation ASTM D 2892 |
1994 |
ASTM D 2892 |
11 |
Elementary Analyzer (C,H,S,N) |
2000 |
ASTM D 5291 |
12 |
Elementary Analyzer (C,H) |
1986 |
ASTM D 5291 |
13 |
Determination of density and specific gravity |
1994 |
ASTM D 4052 |
14 |
Automatic Titrator |
1994 |
ASTM D 1744 |
15 |
Refractometer |
1991 |
ASTM D1218 |
16 |
S-N Analyzer |
1998 |
ASTM D 5453, ASTM D 5762 |
17 |
S Analyzer |
1994 |
ASTM D 4294 |
18 |
Viscometer |
1995 |
ASTM D 445 |
19 |
Determination of vapor pressure of petroleum products |
1995 |
ASTM D 5191 |
20 |
Isoperibol Bombcalorimeter |
1995 |
ASTM D 4809 |
21 |
Determination of flash point |
1998 |
ASTM D 93 |
22 |
Determination of pour point, cloud point and cold filter plugging point |
1998 |
ASTM D 2500 |
23 |
Micro Carbon Residue Tester (MCRT) |
1994 |
ASTM D 4530 |
24 |
Determination of furfural by UV |
1998 |
Pr EN 214 |
25 |
Laboratory centrifuge |
1999 |
ASTM D 1744 |
26 |
Colour Determination |
1999 |
ASTM D 1500 |
27 |
Stability determination during diesel oxidation |
1999 |
ASTM D 2274 |
28 |
Stability determination during gasoline oxidation |
1999 |
ASTM D 525 |
29 |
Sediment Tester |
1999 |
ASTM D 4870 |
30 |
Determination of Copper Corrosion |
1999 |
ASTM D 130 |
31 |
Aniline Point |
1999 |
ASTM D 611 |
32 |
Existent Gum Analysis |
1999 |
ASTM D 381 |
33 |
Rotary Evaporator |
2001 |
GRACE method |
34 |
Inductively Coupled Plasma Analyzer (ICP) |
2004 |
- |
35 |
Hydrogen determination by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance NMR |
2004 |
- |
36 |
Upgrade of high pressure Liquid Chromatographer |
2004 |
IP 391/95 |
37 |
Upgrade of Gas Chromatographer with chemiluminescence Sulfur detector (sulfur speciation) |
2004 |
- |
38 |
X-Ray Sulfur Determination |
2003 |
ASTM D 4294 |
39 |
S-N Analyzer |
2003 |
- |
40 |
Automatic Titrator |
2003 |
- |