Capabilities
Lab and Pilot Facilities
EFT’s laboratory was purpose built for Fischer Tropsch R&D and product upgrading R&D. It operates 24/7 year round. Here is a partial list of equipment:
Reactor Operations – General Equipment:
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20 lab scale reactor stations that can be configured as fixed-bed, trickle bed or continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR).
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In addition the lab has 4 high temp reactor stations (700-1800 F).
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Full commercial scale tubular (fixed-bed) FT reactor (1 BPD) at ThermoChem Recovery International’s demonstration facility in Raleigh Durham, NC. Synthesis gas processed is up to 30,000 scf per day from either biomass or MSW.
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Steam cooled commercial scale-up reactor station with 4 interchangeable tubular reactor configurations including high-pressure gas recycle capability.
Reactor Process Support Equipment:
1 | Dual core PLC system | |
3 | Graphic User Interface (GUI) stations | |
2 | Hewlett-Packard gas chromatograph (GC) systems configured for standard refinery gas analysis | |
4 | Hewlett-Packard micro GC systems configured for standard refinery gas analysis; and Custom hardware and software sample interface to combine GC and process data into database files for process analyses and engineering calculations. | |
Product Analysis Equipment:
3 | GC systems configured to conduct high and low temperature applications and ASTM simulated distillation calculations | |
1 | D-86 distillation system | |
1 | D-445 system for high and low temperature viscosity analyses | |
Catalyst Analyses and Related Equipment:
Termo-gravimetric analyzer with mass spectrometer – TGA/MS; |
Nitrogen porosimetry analyzer for BET and related analyses |
Chemisorption analyzer set-up to conduct both hydrogen and carbon monoxide experiment |
Our Engineering Capabilities are described in the Lab Services Section