Physical Properties Laboratory
Experimental apparatuses
Thermodynamic measurements for process design
(Operating conditions: 10-4 < P < 107 Pa, -40 °C < T < 300 °C)
 Vapour and sublimation pressure
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Fluid phase equilibria for mixtures
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Azeotrope determination
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Activity coefficients at infinite dilution
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Gas and solid solubility measurements
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Supercritical vapor-liquid equilibria
Physical and transport property measurements
(Operating conditions: -40 °C < T < 300 °C)
 Melting and boiling point
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Thermal stability and conductivity
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Density
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Viscosity
 Modeling
Surface or interfacial tension
Thermal chemical data
(Operating conditions: -40 °C < T < 300 °C)
 Heat capacity
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Heat of phase transition
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Excess enthalpies of mixing
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Heats of reaction
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Reaction kinetics
Case studies of industrial applications
 Vapor-liquid equilibria of refrigerant mixtures up to 35 bar
 Liquid-liquid equilibria of methanol/water/ether at 1 bar
 Vapor-liquid-liquid equilibria of hydrogen sulfide/mercaptan/water at 4 bar
 Activity coefficient measurements for screening absorption solvents
 Gas solubility measurements of hydrogen sulfide in an acetamide at 25 °C
 Enthalpies of mixing between acrylic acid and methyl ethyl ketone at 105 °C at 5 bar
 Various REACH classifications of new synthetic compounds
PROCESSIUM
62 Boulevard Niels Bohr - Bâtiment CEI 3 – CS52132
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Physical Properties Laboratory
Experimental apparatuses
Static-synthetic / Total pressure technique
Operating range
Temperature -20 – 200 °C
Pressure
0.1 mbar – 1 bar
Material of Construction
Glass
Applications
 Pure component and mixture boiling point
measurements
 Bubble point measurements
Dynamic-analytic / Ebulliometry
Operating range
Temperature < 250 °C
Pressure
5 mbar – 1 bar
Material of Construction
Glass
Applications
 Pure component boiling point measurements
 Vapor-liquid equilibrium measurements, with
phase analysis, for sizing of separation units
under vacuum conditions
Static-analytic technique
Operating range
Temperature -40 – 250 °C
Pressure
0.5 – 100 bar
Material of Construction
Sapphire
Applications
 Pure component boiling point measurements
 Vapor-liquid/Vapor-liquid-liquid equilibrium
measurements with phase analysis, for sizing of
separation units.
 Can be used with a total pressure technique
 Reaction kinetic rates for reactor sizing.
PROCESSIUM
62 Boulevard Niels Bohr - Bâtiment CEI 3 – CS52132
69603 Villeurbanne cedex France Tél. : (+33) 4.78.17.37.00 Fax : (+33) 4.72.43.03.34 – http://www.Processium.com
Physical Properties Laboratory
Experimental apparatuses
Microdistillation
Operating range
Temperature
20 – 250 °C
Pressure
1 – 2.5 bar
Material of Construction
Glass
Applications
 Batch distillation for determination of
azeotrope composition and temperature
 Purification of raw samples to obtain a higher
purity compound for subsequent experiments
Dilutor
Operating range
Temperature
25 – 90 °C
Pressure
1 bar
Material of Construction
Glass
Applications
 Solvent selection for absorption and stripping
processes.
 Measures the activity coefficient at infinite
dilution – key variable for sizing separation units
designed for high purity operations
Liquid solubility cell
Operating range
Temperature
0 – 100 °C
Pressure
1 bar
Material of Construction
Glass
Applications
 Determination of extractive solvent selectivity
 Liquid-liquid and solid-liquid equilibrium
measurements.
 Solubility measurements for REACH classification
 Decantation kinetic rates
PROCESSIUM
62 Boulevard Niels Bohr - Bâtiment CEI 3 – CS52132
69603 Villeurbanne cedex France Tél. : (+33) 4.78.17.37.00 Fax : (+33) 4.72.43.03.34 – http://www.Processium.com