Research-and-Development Center.
Our pride is the superb - equipped laboratory consisting of:
- Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) "Perkin Elmer" for elemental chemical analysis;
- XFS (X-ray fluorescent spectrometer) and Spectrometer "SHIMADZU" for determination of the catalysts chemical composition;
- Mercury-intrusion porosimeters "Carlo Erba", "Quantachrome" for measuring of meso - and macropores of catalysts;
- Specific surface analyzers (one-point method and multipoint BET methods) "Carlo Erba", "Quantachrome" for studying of micro- and mesoporous structure of catalysts;
- X-ray diffractometers "SHIMADZU", "Rigaku" for X-ray diffraction analysis and X-ray crystal analysis;
- analyzer LECO for determination of carbon and sulphur content;
- devices for definition of strength characteristics and attrition resistance of the granulated and microspherical catalysts;
- pilot and laboratory units for determination of catalytic properties, allowing to conduct tests in conditions that are close to industrial ones.
The laboratory of the "First Regenerating Company" has a wide range of the modern equipment for analysis of spent catalyst for the determination of such physical and chemical characteristics, as
- Activity
- Carbon content
- Sulphur content
- Hydrocarbons content
- Content of МоО3; СоО; NiО
- The content of poison metalsв (As, V, Fe, Si, Na и др.),
as well as to determine such characteristics as:
- Specific surface
- Pore volume
- Bulk density
- Bulk Crushing Strength
- Single Crushing Strength
- Abrasion loss
- Average length and diameter of granules