Several laboratory benches for catalytic tests in synthetic exhaust and flue gases at flow rates of 0.5-30 l/min (STP); catalysts can be used in form of honeycombs, powders, granules or sheets
Continuous trickle bed reactor for heterogeneous catalytic reactions under high pressure (150 bar)
Laboratory benches for high pressure reactions such as Fisch-Tropsch synthesis, methanol synthesis and methanation
Soot generator for production of realistic diesel model exhaust and for tests of DPF systems; soot production: 0.3-3 mg/min; flow rate: 3-80 l/min
Laboratory bench for AdBlue processing
Diesel engine test bench (1.5 litre direct injection diesel engine) for investigations on exhaust gas catalysts under practical conditons
Flame Spray Pyrolysis bench for synthesis of nano-sized catalysts
Special reactors for kinetic studies
Standard gas analytics (e.g. FTIR, NDIR, MS, GC/FID, GC/MS)
Detailed analytical techniques for complex mixtures of gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons (GC/FID, GC/MS, GC/WLD, DHA standard)
57Fe Moessbauer spectroscopy
XPS
ATR-IR spectroscopy
In situ DRIFT, DRUV/VIS and RAMAN spectroscopy with coupled MS gas phase analytics
Isotopic studies (e.g. SSITKA)
Surface and bulk analytics for solids, e.g. HTPR, H2-TPD, NH3-TPD; BET, Hg porosimetry and XRD at the EVT section
Batch and semi-continuous autoclaves
Special distillation rigs
Thermobalance for high pressure reactions (together with EVT section)
Calorimeter for gas and liquid reactions
High resolution liquid chromatography (HPLC)
Titration apparatus - Apparatus for characterisation of liquid fuels according to DIN and ASTM - Boiling behaviour (Engler method) - Cold filtrability (CFPP) - Soxhlet extraction - Knock resistance of gasoline fuel (test engine) - Temperature-viscosity behaviour
