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High Pressure Testing / Analytical Chemistry
HP Liquid Chromatography
Used to separate, identify, and quantify each component in a mixture. Detection is performed via a photodiode array detector.
Raman Spectrometer
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The Bruker MultiRAM FT-Raman spectrometer can be used with sour gas, at pressures and temperatures up to 500 psi and 800°C, respectively.
TGA Measurements
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The Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer allows for the determination of water adsorption by the change in mass observed in the TGA.
HP Corrosion Testing
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Corrosion testing can be performed at elevated pressures and temperatures. ASRL has the capabilities to also use sour gas conditions.
Multicomponent Adsorption
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The High Pressure Multicomponent Adsorption instrument is designed for manometric isotherm measurement at p= 0.1 to 80 bar and T= -20 to 120 °C.
GC / Mass Spectrometry
Instrument that combines the features of gas-chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify different substances within a sample.
HP In-Situ FTIR Analysis
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ReactIR™ iC10 FTIR based in-situ system to study of the microscopic behavior of adsorbed molecules at pressures up to 100 bar and temperatures up to 300°C.
High Pressure DSC
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High pressure differential scanning calorimeter for measurements of various fluids at a wide range of temperatures, and at pressures up to 1000 bars.
SCMA (Adsorption)
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The Small Cell Multi Component Adsorption instrument is used for p= 0.1 to 207 bar and T= -40 to 200°C. It is designed for use with sour gas fluids.
Rapid Cycling Rig
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This rapid cycling thermal swing adsorption apparatus is used for studying the long term deactivation of solid adsorbents.
Total Sulfur Analysis
The Total Sulfur Combustion Analyzer oxidizes sulfur compounds to sulfur dioxide and quantifies total sulfur via UV fluorescence.
Micromeritic Surface Analyzer
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Surface characterization analyzer that is capable of performing physisorption and chemisorption analyses with high accuracy and resolution.
High Pressure Rheometer
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Allows for the determination of sulfur viscosity as a function of shear rate and/or temperature under high pressures.
Small Volume Autoclaves
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25 mL or 50 mL stirred autoclave systems to study multicomponent mixtures and multiphase equilibria at p= 1 to 150 bar and T= -40 to 100°C.
Zero-Length Chromatography
Zero-Length Chromatography (ZLC) is an analytical instrument for studying the equilibrium and kinetic behavior gas adsorption in porous materials.
Cation Chromatography
Cation Chromatography separates and quantifies positive ions in aqueous samples, based on their affinity with the ion exchanger column.
Vibrating Tube Densimeter
The in-house built densimeter can be operated up to p= 350 bar and T= 150°C, for measurement of high pressure acid gas fluids at applicable conditions.
Breakthrough Apparatus
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The Breakthrough Apparatus is used to test adsorbent materials quickly, by monitoring adsorbed and desorbed gases using a quadrupole MS.
Large Volume Autoclaves
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300 mL to 1 L stirred autoclaves designed to study reactions under sour gas conditions at high pressure and high temperature.