Bio-Fuel Laboratory Services - Chemical and Catalyst Science Capabilities

AST researchers use chemical and catalyst science to assess and improve bio-oil and triglyceride upgrades. We are able to perform such tasks as analyzing feedstocks, preparation of catalysts, characterization of catalysts, improving the yield of the desired end product, product purification, separation and analysis. We can characterize your catalysts, produce bulk scale catalysts, and troubleshoot your catalyst and catalytic processes.

We can also characterize your bio-oil samples using:

  • 2010 Shimadzu GC with FID detector
  • KV 4000 Kinematic Viscosity
  • 2911 Digital Density Meter
  • C-30 KF Coulometric Titrator
  • HFP380 Pensky-Martens Flash Point Tester
  • 8610C Head Space SRI GC
  • T50-A Total Acid Number Titrator