Heat treatment

• Tubular ceramic furnace up to 1500 ºC in an atmosphere of air, N2 or other gases.
• Rotary kiln up to 1200 ° C in an atmosphere of air, N2, etc.
• Thermobalances for carrying out thermogravimetric tests on samples in the order of mg and at different temperature heating rates and up to 1500 ° C using an inert and oxidizing atmosphere (CO2 and air).
• Equipment for hydrothermal carbonization.

Characterization of coking coals

• Coking capacity:
  • Gieseler plasticity test according to ASTM D2639 Standard
  • Crucible swelling test according to ISO 501 Standard
  • Gray-King test according to ISO 502 Standard
• Coking pressure
• Koppers-INCAR expansion / contraction test: Laboratory-scale test that allows to determine whether a coking coal will develop dangerous pressures during coking.
• Semi-pilot scale coking (17 kg capacity)

Movable wall oven of 17 kg capacity that has two functions:

• Measurement of coking pressure
• Obtaining coke for quality determination

Determination of the quality of cokes

Cold mechanical resistance

• JIS test according to JIS K2151 standard
• IRSID test according to ISO 556 Standard
• MICUM test according to the standard

Reactivity to CO₂

• NSC reactivity test to determine CRI and CSR indices according to ISO 18894
• CEE-INCAR laboratory scale reactivity test

In addition, the group have access to all INCAR scientific equipment that includes: microscopy (OM, SEM), FTIR, textural characterization (BET, D-R…), Raman, XPS, etc.

Contact: Dra. Carmen Barriocanal Rueda (carmenbr@incar.csic.es)