The Coal Utilization Center facilities enable research and development to be conducted from the bench-scale up to the demonstration-scale. The CUC, working in conjunction with other groups within the EMS Energy Institute, has the test and analytical facilities necessary for conducting fundamental research to technology development.
| Industrial-Scale Apparatuses |
Industrial-Scale Demonstration Boiler Coal Storage and Handling Equipment Coal Micronization System Coal-Water Slurry Fuel Preparation Facility Ceramic Filter Chamber and Conventional Fabric Filter Baghouse Sorbent Duct Injection System |
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| Pilot-Scale Facilities |
Scrubber Stoker Simulator Coal Preparation Equipment |
| Analytical Facilities |
Leco 600 CHN Analyzer Leco 132 Sulfur Determinator Leco Proximate Analyzer CEM Microwave Moisture Analyzer Thermal analysis (Parr Adiabatic Calorimeter) Optical characterization (Leitz Optical Microscope) Particle size classification (Malvern 2600C Particle and Droplet Sizer) Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (Heated Stage) X-ray diffraction |
Other service laboratories on campus, such as the Materials Characterization Laboratory (MCL), which is a centralized analytical and characterization facility in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory in the College of Agriculture provide access to additional analytical techniques such as Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (including graphite furnace and cold vapor capabilities), Emission Spectrometry, Electron Microscopy, Electron Microprobe, X-Ray Diffraction, and X-Ray Fluorescence .
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