Areas of Specialization:
Catalysis in Petrochemical SynthesisReactor Design & AnalysisBiochemical ReactorsElectrochemical Engineering
Location: Bldg. 26- 208
Year Established: 1984
Objectives:
Major Equipment:
Autoclave reactors (8) Fuel cell electrode preparation High Pressure Autoclave with controllers facility Gas Chromatographs Mass Flow controller Biofiltration Unit with G.C Biostat-M reactor and accessories Potentiostat with data acquisition system
Major Projects:
M.S. and Ph.D. theses and funded research projects already completed, e.g: Aromatic cracking over alumina Oil Residue upgrading Fuel cell electrode preparation and kinetics
Thermodynamic Behavior of MixturesSolution ThermodynamicsFluid PropertiesSupercritical Fluid Extraction
Location: Bldg. 26- 305 Bldg. 1- 150 (2,4,7)
Year Established: 1986
(1) Analyzers and Recorders(2) Viscometers(3) Tensiometer(4) Liquid Chromatograph(5) Gas Chromatographs(6) Supercritical Fluid Extraction Unit(7) Electronic Manometers(8) Transducers and Pressure Sensors (9) Furnace
Many M.S. and Ph.D. theses and funded research projects already completed, e.g: Prediction of excess thermodynamic functions Equilibrium Phase studies of polymer
DesalinationAir & Water Pollution ControlSeparation of Azeotropic MixturesPetroleum RefiningBiodegradationAdsorption
Location: Bldg. 26- 308 Bldg. 1- 150
Year Established: 1985
(1) Centrifuge (2) Vacuum System (3) Distillation Apparatus (4) Analyzers (5) Gas Chromatographs(6) Temperature Controllers(7) Vacuum Electrobalance System(8) R. O. Desalinator(9) Vapor Liquid Equilibrium Apparatus (10) Volumetric adsorption apparatus(11) Gravimetric adsorption Cahn balance(12) Chromatographic adsorption apparatus(13) PSA Separation apparatus
Many M.S. and Ph. D. theses, and funded research projects already completed, e.g: Recovery of salts from seawater Mass Transfer studies in Co-current Packed Bed Column Multicomponent Adsorption PSA Separation of CHE4/N2 on Zeolite
Fluid Flow and Heat TransferFluid Properties
Location: Bldg. 1- 150
Year Established:1988
Fixed and Fluidized Beds Flow Controllers and Tanks Heat Transfer Bench Viscometers
Many M.S. theses already completed, e.g: Investigation of Heat Transfer in a Packed Duct Heat Transfer at Gas Solid Interface
Materials Characterization Physical & Chemical Characterization of PolymersDevelopment of Composite Materials
Location: Bldg. 26-308 Bldgs. 15, 4, and 1
Year Established: 1992
Membrane Separation Cell Injection, and Compression molding machines Extruder Scanning Electron Microscopy Electron Diffraction Spectroscopy Differential Scanning Calorimeter Mechanical Strength Testing Machine Gel Permeation Chromatograph Accelerated Weatherometer
Many M.S. theses and funded projects already completed, e.g: Plastic weathering UV-stabilized polymer study Mechanical behavior of ceramic matrix composite materials Pellet break-up due to pressure build-up