Facilities
One of the centre's laboratories
State of the art equipment includes:
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Rigs for carbon storage that can operate at temperature and pressures that mimic the conditions under which CO2 is stored in geological formations.
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Rigs to study co-injection of gas mixtures.
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CO2 sequestration modules for mineral carbonation.
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Carbon capture rigs for low and high pressure systems.
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Artificial photosynthesis: Specialized reactors for using light energy for the reduction of CO2 into fuels and chemicals.
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Soil gas release facility to monitor possible environmental impacts.
Much of our research relies on the strong analytical base that includes: Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR); Microscopy; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS); Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry; Thermal Gravimetric Analysis; Differential Scanning Calorimetry-Mass Spectrometry; and High Temperature Rheology.
We also have rigs for mercury measurements (both in gas and solid phases) and for combustion by-products benefication