Catalysis Equipment - Center for Applied Energy - University of Kentucky

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Analytical Equipment
Catalyst Characterization Equipment
Processing Equipment
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Analytical Equipment

High temperature (425 °C) capillary GC with FID, flame ionization detection
Simulated distillation GC with flame ionization detector
GS/MS (2) with EI and CI
Automated PC gas analyzers
HPLC with refractive index detector
Chemiluminescence NO_x Analyzer
SO₂, CO and CO₂ Analyzers
Packed column GCs with:
Thermoconductivity detector
Electron capture detector
Photo-ionization detector
Capillary GCs with:
Sulfur chemiluminescence detector
Nitrogen chemiluminescence detector
Atomic emission detector
Flame ionization detector (3)
Thermoconductivity detector

Catalyst Characterization Equipment

BET surface area analyzer
SEM with EDS
TGA/DSC/MS
Temperature programmed reduction/oxidation
H₂ chemisorption instrument
FTIR with DRIFTS cell and in situ microreactor
XRD with high temperature in-situ cell
In-situ XANES and EXAFS (fluorescence/transmission)

Processing Equipment

1-liter continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs)(16)
Bench-scale fixed bed reactors (3)
Berty gas phase diffusionless reactor
Small fixed bed reactors (7)
Pilot plant scale slurry bubble column reactor