Main pilot scale equipment in Frankfurt

Key fluidized bed reactors & equipment:

• 50 mm FB
• 80 mm CFB + AFB
• 80 mm CFB
• 160 mm CFB* / AFB**
• 200 mm CFB* / AFB**
• 350 mm CFB (Circofer, 3 FB stages)
• 700 mm CFB*
• 750 mm AFB (Circotherm)
• 500 x 500 mm FB Hydrat Drier
  
  * CFB = Circulating Fluidized Bed
  ** AFB = Annular Fluidized Bed

Agglomeration facilities:

• Sintering
• Green ball production
• Movable pot grate

Furnaces and reactors:

• Salvis rotary kilns
• Short drum rotary kiln
• Autoclave
• Sulfur dioxide lab reactor

Material preparation & conditioning:

• Driers, mixers
• Milling, sieving

Analytic & material characterisation:

• DTA, BET, CILAS, XRF, XRD, LECO (total S & C)
• Wet analytical technics