Calgary Lab Capabilities 

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Lab

Four fume hoods

  • Stainless steel ducting for acid work on one

  • Water and nitrogen supply

  • Dedicated extraction unit for ICP

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Storeroom with four flammable storage cabinets

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Three additional storage cabinets at the rear

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Explosion-proof fridge freezer

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Physical Properties

Density

RVP

pH

Wax/Asphaltene Content

Melting Point

Freeze/Pour Point

BS&W

Flash Point (PMCC)

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Blending & Mixing

Heidolph SilentCrusher

  • 5000-26000 rpm

  • Good for small scale mixing

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Caframo Overhead

  • 20-6000 rpm

  • High Torque

  • Up to 25 L

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Silverson L5M-A

  • Mixes up to 20 L

  • Up to 8000 rpm

  • Interchangeable heads

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Waring Blender

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Synthesis Equipment

Well equipped for organic synthesis and purification

 

Bϋchi Rotary Evaporator

 

Kugelrohr Short Path Distillation Apparatus

  • Used to distil small amounts of compounds with high boiling points

  • Operates up to 300 ºC

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Viscosity Testing

Chandler 5550

    • HTHP pressure viscometer

    • Hastelloy wetted components

    • Dry carbon block heater

    • Max 2000 psi, 260 ºC

    • B1 and B5 bobs

    • Fully programmable

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Fann 35

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Mud Testing

Hamilton Beach Mixers

 

4-Roller Oven

  • Variable speed control

  • Holds three 500 mL ageing cells

  • Max 232 ºC

  • Programmable Timer

  • Four 500 mL cells (max pressure 2000 psi)

 

HTHP Filter Press

 

10 mL Retort

  • For determining % oil water and solids
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Solvation Testing

Used for evaluation of CanSol products with supplied wax samples

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SynSol H Testing

Acid Solubility

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Acid Testing

Acid Compatibility

  • Checking for emulsion/sludging issues

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Corrosion Testing

Chandler CP360 Dynamic Corrosion Tester

  • Cells oscillate 180 ° to mix sample

  • Pressurized up to 6000 psi

  • Four cells can be independently heated to to 200° C

  • Liquid Sample volume – 110 mL

  • All wetted components are Hastelloy

  • Typically run 4-6 hour tests

 

Coupon is placed in bottom half of cell (unsupported). A water pump (N2 powered) is used to pressurise the cell. 

 

Note – Narrow cells only take coupons narrower that 21 mm

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Analytical Methods

Shimadzu GC-2014

  • Shimadzu GC-2014

  • Optimised for GC30

  • Can see up to ~C60+

  • 12 position autosampler

  • Max oven temperature – 400 ºC (350 ºC with current column)​

 

Shimadzu ICPE-9000

  • Capable of detecting in the ppb range

  • Mini torch reduces Argon consumption

  • Organic torch for oil analysis

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Water Testing

pH

 

Specific Gravity 

 

Cations 

  • Sodium – Sum(anions)-sum(cations)

  • Potassium – Spectrometer

  • Calcium – Titration 

  • Magnesium –Titration 

  • Iron – Spectrometer 

  • Manganese- Spectrometer 

  • Barium – Spectrometer

  • Strontium - ICP

 

Anions 

  • Chloride – Titration

  • Bicarbonate/Carbonate/Hyrdoxide – Titration

  • Sulphate – Spectrometer​

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Resistivity/Refractive Index