Analytical chemistry services are provided by the skilled chemistry lab personnel to support our research and development programs and field testing in combustion, environmental control, and materials performance areas.
Typical services include fuels characterization, chemical analysis, aqueous corrosion evaluation, and others. In addition to applying standard sample recovery and analysis techniques, new analytical methods are developed for unique applications.
Lab Capabilities
- Acid insoluble content determination
- Alkalinity testing
- Pulverized fuel sizing
- Hardgrove Grindability Index (HGI) determination
- High purity water analysis
- Sample preparation including filtration, drying, and dissolution
- Sulfite and solid determination
- Sulfur analysis
- Water treatment and purification
- Electrochemical evaluations
- Low-temperature aqueous corrosion testing
- Boiler tube chemical cleaning evaluations
Instruments
- Auto titrators
- Analytical balances
- Anderson stack analyzers
- CO2 digestion test rig
- Flame Emission Spectrometer (FES) to analyze for Na, K and Li
- Lab furnaces
- Ontario-Hydro method test equipment
- Ro-tap sieve shakers
- Spectrophotometer
- Microtrac particle size analyzer
- Thermo-gravimetric analyzer
- Electrochemical instrumentation
For more information, please contact us.
- Research and Development
- B&W Research Center: Barberton, Ohio
- Clean Environment Development Facility: Alliance, Ohio
- Analytical Chemistry Lab
- Catalysis Lab
- Post-Combustion CO2 Capture
- Combustion Lab
- Emissions Control Lab
- Fireside Corrosion Lab
- Metallurgical Lab
- Pilot-Scale Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Facility
- SEM Lab
- Small Boiler Simulator II
- Water/Steam Lab
- Welding Lab
- Wet Scrubber Hydraulic Model
