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Biomass to Liquids Research


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)aboratory Instrumentation

• )ab stirred reactors

• /ixed bed+tubular reactors

• Multi, reactor systems

• 'ravimetric sorption analysis instruments

• 0'" and &i& pressure 0'"

• Surface area and porosity analysers

• 1&emisorption instruments

• "nd more22


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"pplications• 3i& pressure c&emistry

• 'as storae+sorption

• /isc&er 0ropsc& #synas conversion$

• 'asification #coal4 biomass to as$

• Surface area measurement

• 1atalyst c&aracterisation

• Materials testin+corrosion testin

• Etc22


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(iomass to 'asProduction of syngas via the

gasification process

Using Rubotherm High Pressure TGA System


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Manetic Suspension (alance

• %ubot&erm:s uni6ue

and patented

ravimetric system

uses a couplin and

control system

between &i&

precision balanceand sample


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Uni6ue (enefits

• 5recision microram balance separate from

sample – so can measure mass c&ane

accurately w&ile sub-ectin sample to &i&

pressures #;8999bar$4 &i& temperatures

#;ero and calibrate balance durin

measurement – avoid balance drift – maximiseaccuracy and lon term resolution

• Measure as density near sample


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ide rane of desins

7esined to meet researc&er:s exact re6uirements


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"pplications• 'as storae #e.. 384

Met&ane4 1@8$

• 7eradation #e.. polymers

in sour as$• 'asification

• 1orrosion 0estin

• 1atalyst 1&aracterisation• /ilter Material "nalysis


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Aew %ane , 7yn0&erm• 'ravimetric analysis under &i& temperature

and raised pressures!• B99de1 C


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(iomass+1oal 'asification

• Sample suspended in sample container in

controlled environment

• %eact material at &i& temperatures wit& a

controlled amount of oxyen and steam (andalso C! " recent research in Columbia Uni#

$%& or other gases

• 0&is leads to formation of Synt&esis 'as#Synas$ a mixture of 38 and 1@


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Studyin 'asification

• %ubot&erm 7yn0&erm – &i& temperatures and

effect of raised pressures on efficiency of process

and also 38!1@ ratio produced• /low different rates of steam4 oxyen and 1@8

• 7ifferent process conditions and rampin can be

set to study reaction

• Sample mass c&ane measured durin asification

– external '1+MS can also be connected


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1ontrol and monitor widerane of parameters

•'as flows

•0emperature

•5ressure2

Measure!

•Mass c&ane of sample•'as evolved #usin

external '1+MS$


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'as to )i6uid 3ydrocarbonsProduction of synthetic fuels via the

'ischer Tropsch reaction

Using Autoclave ngineers Reactor Systems


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"utoclave Enineers?

• @ver 9 years as world leader in &i&

pressure e6uipment

• /ully meet &i&est 5E7 rades

• ide rane of fixed bed and stirred

reactors and pressure vessels

• %epresented in t&e UK by Merrow

Scientific


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/isc&er 0ropsc&

• 1atalysed c&emical reaction convertinsynas to li6uid &ydrocarbons

• "im is to produce synt&etic petroleumsubstitute

• 7eveloped in t&e


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%eactors for /0 %esearc&

• " number of options available4 includin!

– @ven based fixed bed reactors

– Slurry stirred reactors

• Fary and monitor all critical parameters

and measure reaction and process


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@ven (ased %eactors

• /or /0 catalyst evaluationand process understandin

• 1ustom confiured to suit

exact researc& re6uirements• (enc&0op%eactionSystem

• @ven based environment tomaintain constanttemperature #avoid cold

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• ide rane of pressures andtemperatures possible


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Slurry %eactors

• 1atalyst suspended in process or

specialist catalyst basHet

• Stirred reactor – independent or interatedinto (0%S system

• ide rane of desins available and

pressures and temperatures


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Multi,%eactor

• 0&e previous systems can

be desined to contain

multi reactor systems

#fixed bed and stirred

reactors$ to allow detailed

combinatorial catalyst

researc& to be carried out.


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• ide rane of systems for complete

(iomass to )i6uids researc&!

– %ubot&erm systems for asification studies#(iomass to 'as$

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