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Diesel engine to investigate exhaust gas catalysts under realistic conditions
- Several laboratory benches to test catalysts at flows of 0.5 to 100 l/min; use of different catalyst geometries (honeycombs, powders, granulates, sheets)
- Continuously operating trickle bed reactor for heterogeneously catalyzed reactions under
high pressure (150 bar) - Laboratory benches to investigate catalysts under high pressure conditions relevant for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, methanol synthesis, methanation and NH3 synthesis
- Soot generator (diffusion burner) for generating a realistic model exhaust gas containing soot and testing particulate filter systems (DPF, GPF); soot production: 0.3 to 3 mg/min
- Laboratory apparatus for dosing AdBlue
- Engine test bench (1.5 liter diesel engine with direct injection) for testing exhaust catalytic converters under realistic conditions
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X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS)
- Apparatus for production of nanoparticles using flame spray pyrolysis
- Reactors for kinetic studies (stationary and transient conditions)
- Standard gas analysis (e.g. FTIR, NDIR, MS, WLD)
- Detailed analysis technology for complex mixtures of gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons (GC/FID, GC/MS, GC/WLD, DHA standard)
- Multi-spectroscopy test stand for spatially resolved analysis of catalysts under in-situ conditions
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
- ATR-IR spectroscopy
- In-situ DRIFT, Raman and DRUV/VIS spectroscopy with coupled gas-phase analysis
- 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy
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Thermogram recorded on the multi-spectroscopy test stand
- Investigations with isotope-labeled gases (e.g. SSITKA)
- Thermal camera
- Extensive surface and solid-state characterization (e.g. NH3-TPD, HTPR, H2-TPD, CO-TPD, BET, Hg porosimetry and XRD)
- Autoclaves for batch and semi-batch operation
- Batch reactors for liquid phase reactions
- Distillation units (rotary evaporators, micro-vacuum distillation)
- Reaction calorimeter RC 1 (for gas/liquid reactions)
- High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
- Titration devices
- Apparatus for characterizing liquid fuels according to DIN or ASTM
- Boiling behavior according to ENGLER
- Cold filter plugging point (CFPP)
- Pseudo-component composition (Soxhlet extraction)
- Knock resistance of gasoline fuels (octane number test engine)
- Temperature-viscosity behavior
Preparation:
- Flame spray pyrolysis
- Hydrothermal synthesis
- Microwaves
- Precipitation
- Complexation
- Ceramic method
Characterization:
- DRIFTS/UV-Vis/MS
- Raman spectrometer with microscope
- Moessbauer spectrometer
- XPS
- XRD
- SEM
- XRF
- N2 physisorption (BET, BJH)
- Hg porosimetry
Catalyst tests:
- Test benches with fixed bed reactors
- Gradient-free loop reactor
- NH3-TPD, HTPD
- FTIR spectrometers
- Mass spectrometers
- GC/FID/MS analytics
- Infrared camera
- Soot generator
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Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectrometer (DRIFTS)
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Moessbauer spectrometer