| 1 | MAT | A fixed-bed unit to measure activity of catalysts to convert heavy oil fractions to fuels | ASTM test method for catalytic cracking and pulse feeding of 1g VGO, catalyst amount 4 g, temperature 650 °C, and atmospheric pressure. |
| 2 | ACE | A fixed-fluidized bed unit to measure activity of catalysts to convert heavy oil to chemicals | ASTM test method for catalytic cracking and pulse feeding with 6 catalyst hoppers at 4-12 g and 6 product receivers, 650 °C, atmospheric pressure with online measurement of coke deposition. |
| 3 | Deactivation & Circulating Riser | Grace-licensed pilot plant to convert heavy oil fractions to value-added chemicals | Feed oil rate at 150-1600 mL/h, maximum operating pressure 3.2 bar, maximum riser temperature 650 °C, maximum regenerator temperature 750 °C, catalyst charge 2.5-3.5 kg, circulating rate 2.5-10 kg/h. |
| 4 | Micro-Downer | Licensed catalytic cracking unit with different reactor configuration without regeneration | Downflow reactor with fluidized hopper vessel and bottom outlet for catalyst preheat and feed to reactor 1.7 L, pressure 8 bar, temperature 900 °C, catalyst preheat segment. |
| 5 | Multi-Purpose HP | Dual reactor system for removing sulfur from crude oil and for upgrading heavy oil fractions | Two-fixed bed reactors, catalyst loading 250 mL, reactor pressure 200 bar, reactor temperature 550°C, liquid feed flow 100-1000 mL/h, ΔP high-pressure separator 180 bar, ΔT high-pressure separator 200 °C. |
| 6 | Distillation | A fractional distillation column for hydrocarbon separation | Crude oil distillation unit with 50 L true boiling point flask capacity and 20 L flask capacity, temperature of 400 °C at 2 torr vacuum, and 200 °C at atmospheric pressure, final cut temperature 565 °C. |
| 7 | Dual-Train Fixed-Bed | Dual reactor customized to handle wax for low carbon fuel production using CO2 and H2 | Two-fixed reactors with maximum catalyst volume 100 mL, 4 reusable reactor tubes, design temperature 600 °C, design pressure 200 bar. |
| 8 | Plastics Waste Pyrolysis | A pilot plant to study the conversion of waste materials to pyrolysis/bio-oil chemicals | Integrated thermal and catalytic reactor systems, HT module operating pressure 0.4 bar, operating temperature of reactor 800 °C, HP operating pressure 50 bar, operating temperature of reactor 400 °C. |
| 9 | Ebullated/Slurry Hydrocracking | A pilot plant to convert heavy residue oil blends to petrochemical feedstocks | Ebullated and slurry reactors with 500 mL reactor volume, 500 °C operating temperature, pressure up to 200 bar, 5 independent heated zones furnace. |
| 10 | 16-Fold High Throughput Reactors | 16-fold reactor system to speedup catalyst screening for various reactions | Operating pressure 2-40 bar, operating temperature 100-925 °C, reactor configuration: 4 heater blocks, each with 4 reactors. |
| 11 | Entrained Flow Gasification | A pilot plant to study the conversion of heavy residue blends to H2-rich gas | Gasifier consists of high-temperature electrically heating and radiant cooling sections, heavy hydrocarbon with high sulfur or bio-oil feeds rate at 2 kg/h, operating pressure 10 bar, temperature 1100-1200 °C. |