The APR unit consists of two ISCO syringe pumps operating in parallel feeding two stainless steel reactors housed in a box furnace. The reactors are pressurized to several hundred psi. The products are separated into a gaseous and liquid phase for GC analysis.

Our oxidation/shift reactor consists of several thermal gas flow meters for the introduction of gases into the reactor. A fuel injector with a pressurized tank is used to feed liquids separately into the reactor. Structured monoliths are secured inside the quartz reactor. Product gases are sampled and quantified in an Agilent 7890 gas chromatograph with multiple columns and a thermal conductivity detector.

This system is intended for high pressure gases to flow at rates on the order of milliliters per minutes through a powder catalyst in a stainless steel reactor that is placed inside a tube furnace.

Our vacuum system and RF generator are capable of generating non-thermal plasmas in various atmospheres. Our reactor is capable of modifying several grams of powder catalysts.

We use an AutoChem II instrument to chemically characterize our catalysts. Our instrument is capable of running single point BET, H2/CO chemisorption, NH3-TPD, TPR, and TPO.

The Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) is capable of operating in diffuse reflectance mode and is accompanied by a Praying Mantis attachment to maintain a desired gaseous atmosphere and temperature of the sample. The apparatus is capable of FTIR spectroscopy of acid/base probe molecules, i.e. pyridine, to determine quantity and type of acid and base sites on a catalyst support.

Our thermogravimetric analyzer is set-up to perform gravimetric experiments given a temperature ramp in either air or nitrogen atmospheres.

The GC-MS has three detectors (TCD, FID, and MS), two inlets (split/splitless and purged-packed), an auto-sampler on the split/splitless injector, and two switching valves.

This GC contains 3 independent channels capable using thermal conductivity detectors and the potential to use different carrier gases.

This GC consists of a thermal conductivity detector and flame ionization detector with split/splitless and cool-on-column injectors. The oven includes a valve allowing for multiple column and column isolation.

This GC has two flame ionization detectors, a split/splitless inlet with headspace sampler, and a cool-on-column inlet.