FKIT: OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE LABORATORY FOR PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING

Laboratorij za naftno-petrokemijsko procesno inženjerstvo ustrojen je na Zavodu za tehnologiju nafte i petrokemiju Fakulteta kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije te je svečano otvoren u okviru znanstvenog kolokvija AMACIZ-a dana 04. srpnja 2011. godine. Svrha mu je omogućiti provođenje istraživanja i razvoja procesa obrade i prerade naftnih frakcija, te na taj način studentima omogućiti neposredno i praktično obučavanje za rad u naftnoj industriji. U laboratoriju se provode istraživanja i razvoj separacijskih i katalitičkih procesa uz odgovarajuću istraživačku i analitičku opremu. Separacijski procesi koji se istražuju su adsorpcija i kapljevinska ekstrakcija kao procesi za desulfurizaciju s ciljem dobivanja goriva poboljšanih svojstava koja će zadovoljavati stroge propise o sadržaju sumpora u gorivima. Laboratorij je opremljen s četiri uređaja za ispitivanje ovih procesa u šaržnim i kolonskim adsorberima, odnosno ekstraktorima. Katalitički konverzijski procesi istražuju se na uređaju koji je izveden tako da omogućuje provođenje reakcija u čvrstom nepokretnom sloju katalizatora u prisutnosti vodika ili nekog drugog plina kod temperatura od 25 do 400 °C i pri tlakovima od 1 do 40 bar te protoku sirovine od 0,01 do 10,00 cm3 min-1 i protoku vodika do 2000 cm3 min-1. Laboratorij je opremljen s tri uređaja za provođenje kemijske analize uzoraka i to plinskim kromatografom s plameno ionizacijskim detektorom i ZB-1 kapilarnom kolonom za analizu ugljikovodika s 1 do 12 C atoma, valno disperzivnim rendgenskim fluorescencijskim spektrometrom za elementarnu analizu kapljevitih organskih otopina te UV-VIS spektrometrom.Laboratory for Petroleum and Petrochemical Process Engineering was established as a part of the Petroleum and Petrochemical Department at the Faculty of Chemical engineering and Technology and it was officially opened on July 4, 2011, within the AMACIZ scientific colloquium. The Laboratory was founded with the goal of enabling the research and development of processes treating and refining petroleum fractions and in this way create new opportunities for students for direct and practical training for the work in the petroleum refining industry. Laboratory is used for conducting research and development of separation and catalytic processes and it includes adequate experimental and analytical equipment. Separation processes that are being researched are adsorption and extraction as desulfurization processes for attaining fuels with improved properties in regard to the stringent sulfur content regulations. Laboratory is equipped with four apparatuses for conducting adsorption and extraction experiments in batch and column adsrbers and extractors, respectively. Catalytic conversion experiments are being conducted in an apparatus with fixed bed column reactor and in the presence of hydrogen or some other gas. The experiments can be carried out at temperatures between 25 and 400 °C and pressures between 1 and 40 bars with flow rates for the feed between 0,01 do 10,00 cm3 min-1 and for the hydrogen up to 2000 cm3 min-1. Laboratory analytical equipment comprises three devices including a gas chromatgraph with flame ionization detector and ZB-1 capillary column for the analysis of hydrocarbons with 1 to 12 C atoms, a wave dispersive x-ray fluorescent spectrometer for elementary analysis of organic liquids and a UV-VIS spectrometer