Pressure mini reactor (Parr, USA)
– testing of heterogeneous catalyst; volume 300 ml; made in both fixed head and moveable vessel styles and available for operating temperatures up to 350 °C and pressure 20 MPa; controlled by computer
Batch Reactor (IKA, Germany)
- simulation of homogeneous trans-esterification, volume 2 dm3; disperser 3 000 - 25 000 rpm; disperser forms emulsion from oil and alcohol, which speeds up the reaction rate
Gas chromatography:
GC-2010 with FID and GC-2041 with TPD (Shimadzu, Japan), which enables to analyze products of transesterification – glycerides and alcohols
HPLC (Ecom Praha)
-gradient HPLC with two detectors (UV-VIS and refractometric), determination of glycerol and esters
Flame photometer (The Sherwood Model 410)
- directly measures alkali and alkaline earth metals (Na, K and Ca) in the products of transesterification
Analytics TitroLine
- titrator for automatic titration and water determination, non-aqueous titrations
