Thermal process technology

Thermophysical / mechanical properties

• Specific heat capacity
• Enthalpy of phase change
• Density (bulk, pure, raw)
• Thermal diffusivity
• Thermal conductivity
• Particle size distribution
• Angle of repose (dynamic, static)
• Particle velocity
• fracture behavior

Appliances

• Memmert UN 55 drying oven (RT up to 300°C)
• Muffle/chamber furnace (Nabertherm N60/H: up to 1340°C / Nabertherm L5/C6: up to 1100°C)
• Infrared pyrometer (RT up to 1600°C)
• FLIR TG167 thermal imaging camera (-25°C to 380°C)
• Differential thermal analysis (DTA/DSC and TG; -100°C to 2,400°C)
• Hot disk plant (measuring range: 0.01 - 500 W/m/K; RT to 750°C)
• Mobile exhaust gas analysis
• High-speed camera
• X-Stream 1440p PCIe 2.0 (420 fps with 2560 x 1440; 5000 fps with 2560 x 128; long-term recording up to 15 min)
• UHD camera DSLM Panasonic DC-GH5 (sensor 20 MP; 6K-30p and 4K-60p)
• DIA CAMSIZER P4 (20 µm to 30 mm)
• Sieves / classifier (20 mm to 22 mm)
• Pycnometer
• rheometer
• Fracture tester

Measurement parameters

• Particle dynamics (transversal, axial)
• Heat transfer coefficients
• Drying kinetics
• Reaction kinetics
• Process behavior

Devices

• Batch rotary tubes for investigating the transverse movement behavior (drum diameter 300/500/800/1000 mm; internals possible: e.g. honeycombs and lifting blades)
• Sectional cooler (diameter 400 mm; length 1000 mm)
• Rotary batch furnace (drum diameter 300/400/500/800 mm; installations possible, heated length 500 mm, electrically heated up to 1,000°C; )
• Pyrolysis reactor (diameter 300 mm, heated length 3 m, electrically heated up to 1,300°C)
• Directly heated rotary kiln (diameter 300 mm, heated length 3 m, gas-fired up to 1,600°C)
• Inductively heated rotary kiln (diameter 200/400 mm, heated length 500 mm, up to 1,000°C)
• Indirectly heated rotary kiln on weighing system (diameter 100 mm, heated length 1 m, electrically heated up to 1,100°C)
• Thermogravimetric analysis (diameter 100 mm, electrically heated up to 1,600°C)
• Rotary tube for heat transfer measurement (drum diameter 300/500/800 mm; installations possible, electrically heated up to 250 °C)

• Differential dosing scale
• Air conditioning
• Combustion chamber (electric / gas)
• Pneumatic conveying system