Equipment

The EERC maintains a wide range of laboratory- and pilot-scale equipment for solid, liquid, and gaseous processing and characterization of natural and synthetic materials.

For more information about all of the equipment and systems at the EERC, choose from one of the following categories:

Fuel Preparation

• Biomass Processing and Handling
• Coal Preparation

Combustion Systems

• Fluidized-Bed Combustors
• Combustion Test Facility
• Particulate Test Combustor/Emission Control Simulator (dry and wet scrubbers)
• CO₂ Capture Test Systems
• Full Suite of Air Pollution Control Devices
• Slagging Furnace System/High-Temperature Air Furnace
• Slag Formation Simulator
• Conversion and Environmental Process Simulator
• Drop-Tube Furnaces (atmospheric, optical)
• Simulated Pilot-Scale Cooling Tower

Gasification and Gas Cleanup Systems

• Gas Processing and Gas Cleanup as Related to the Oil and Gas Industry
• Transport Reactor Development Unit (1-MW gasifier)
• Fluid-Bed Gasifier (high-pressure, 20 lb/hr)
• Continuous Fluid-Bed Reactor (low-pressure, 4 lb/hr)
• Entrained-Flow Gasifier
• Fixed-Bed Gasifier
• Carbonizer (mild gasification)
• Advanced Distributed Cocurrent Gasifier
• Small Laboratory-Scale Fixed-Bed Gasifier Reactor
• Fischer–Tropsch Reactor Skid
• Warm-Gas Cleanup Train
• Large Hot-Gas Filter Vessel
• Bench-Scale Hot-Gas Filter Vessel
• Sulfur Reactor
• Hydrogen Separation Membrane
• Auxiliary Systems for Large Testing Equipment

Chemical- and Liquid-Processing Systems

• Small Continuous Reactor
• Large Continuous Reactor
• Continuous Tubular Reactor
• Batch Autoclave Reactor Systems
• Bench-Scale Catalyst Systems
• Pilot-Scale Fischer–Tropsch Reactor
• Hydrogen on Demand (high-pressure liquid-reforming reactor)
• Distillation System
• Process Chemistry Screening Reactors
• Bench-Scale Renewable Ammonia Plant

Environmental Assessment and Cleanup

• Anaerobic Digestion Systems Evaluation
• Contaminant Recovery
• Environmental Field Sampling (field energy testing systems)
• Multigram Extraction System

Field Test Capabilities

• Slipstream Fabric Filter (for particulate control)
• Dry Sorbent Injection Equipment (for mercury and acid gas control)
• Activated Carbon
• Acid Gas
• Selective Catalytic Reduction Technology
• Mobile Gasification and Liquid Fuel Production
• Mobile Analytical Capabilities for Oil and Gas
• Slagging and Fouling Assessment
• Full-Scale Utility Boiler Ash and Deposit Sampling
• Full-Scale Mercury Sampling and Analysis