CFE Facilities

The Centre uses an array of high-technology machines and equipment in pursuing its varied research interests.

• Potentiostat and Electrochemical Cell
  For electrochemistry, electrometallurgy, electrolysis and fuel cell research.
• Dielectric Barrier Non-Thermal Plasma Catalytic Reactor
  For gas phase kinetics, plasma chemistry and gas to liquid research.
• Ultra Sonic Power Generator and Sonochemical Reactor System
  For sonochemistry, lignin degradation, biomass conversion and biofuels research.
• UV-visible Spectrophotometer
  For determination of lignin, Iodide, carotene, alkenes, alkynes, carbonyls, azo, nitro and nitrates as well as transition metals in solutions. UV-Vis can measure many quality parameters of water samples such as dissolved organic matter, suspended solids and salts for real-time monitoring of water quality downstream from a mine.
• High-Pressure Fixed-Bed Reactor System
  For research into fluid catalytic cracking, natural gas reforming, hydrogenation and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.
• Supercritical Fluid Extraction
  For research into supercritical fluid extraction and separation, identification and isolation of natural chemicals from biological sources, hydrothermal processing and hydrolysis, and biomass conversion and utilisation.
• Bosch Engine Emission Analyser
  For engine emission research.
• SCIEEF Diesel Engine Test Facility
  For fuel and engine performance and emission research.
• ASAP 2020 Particle Surface and Pore Analyser
  For electrochemistry, electrometallurgy, electrolysis and fuel cell research
• HPLC: High performance liquid chromatography
  To separate, identify, and quantify compounds based on their idiosyncratic polarities and interactions with the column's stationary phase.
• GCs: Gas chromatographs
  For gas phase composition analysis.
• Horizontal Fixed-Bed Reactor for catalyst screening and kinetic studies
  For catalyst screening and kinetic studies.