These labs focus on different aspects related to Chemical Engineering such as unit operation, environmental and water, materials, corrosion, oil, fluid flow, heat transfer, reaction engineering, and process control.
The Corrosion Laboratory is used to investigate corrosion of metals in different chemicals in harsh environment and the effect of inhibitors on the corrosion rate.
Valuable for
All chemical industries and especially oil and gas industries from production to refining processes.
It can also be used to solve problems related to metal corrosion in different industries.
Testing available:
Norwood Corrosion and Cathodic Protection Apparatus
Electrochemical cells
Gill AC electrochemical equipment. The techniques available with the Gill AC equipment and software allow the investigators to run nearly all corrosion tests. They are able to perform tests such as linear polarization resistance (LPR), cyclic sweeps, AC electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), potentiostatic, galvanostatic, galvanic, current and voltage noise
Weight loss measurements
Cathodic protection technique ( Which can show the expected life of the sacrificial anode in different environment All the above tests can be performed at room temperature, but in some cases it could be for higher temperature.
Valuable for:
educational institutions interested in raining lab instructors or lab technicians
institutions that may not have the acility for conducting such experiments
all water and wastewater treatment ompanies
Testing available:
Colorimeter.
Ultrasound cleaner
UV spectrophotometer tests
On line GC analyzer for water lab
Incubator for BOD.
Conductivity meter, PH meter, COD meter, TSS, Turbidity, TDS.
Liquid diffusion units / diffusivity meter
Deionizer Unit for water.
Water and sediment test
Airpolution analyzer
Valuable for:
educational institutions interested in training lab instructors or lab technicians
institutions that may not have the facility for conducting such experiments
Testing available:
flow visualization
Energy Conservation ,Continuity and momentum verifications
velocity profile determination
Head/flow rate plots
Determination of the lower and upper Critical Velocities and Reynolds Number.
Valuable for:
HVAC industry
oil and gas industry
other related industries to the study of heat transfer problems and its applications
Testing available:
Colorimeter.
Ultrasound cleaner
UV spectrophotometer tests
On line GC analyzer for water lab
Incubator for BOD.
Conductivity meter, PH meter, COD meter, TSS, Turbidity, TDS.
Liquid diffusion units / diffusivity meter
Deionizer Unit for water.
Water and sediment test
Airpolution analyzer
The petroleum laboratory is used to evaluate crude oil and oil products.
Valuable for:
Oil and gas industries, oil service companies, and biofuel industries
Educational institutions interested in training lab instructors or lab technicians
Institutions that may not have the facility for conducting such experiments
Solving real problems related to oil and biofuel industries.
Testing available:
ASTM Distillation Characteristic of crude oil and oil products
Dynamic and kinematic viscosities at different temperatures ( Ostwald viscometers)
Conradson Carbon Residue
Ash and Sulfated Ash
Asphaltene content( heptane insoluble)
Vapor pressure of light oil products
Flash point
Heat of combustion
Sulfur Content using Energy X-ray florescence
Metal content in oil products
Water and sediment
Salt Content
Aniline point and diesel index
Valuable for:
educational institutions in training lab instructors or lab technicians
institutions that may not have the facility for conducting such experiments
The following available labs are for educational purposes and it may also use to solve some industrial problems as required.
Reaction Engineering Laboratory
Fluid flow Laboratory
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