Name
Optical Access Internal Combustion Engine

Origin
FAPESP

Presentation
The monocylinder internal combustion engine with lateral and lower optical access (under piston) is an excellent research and development tool for combustion concepts, hardware parts, injection probes, engine management systems, etc.

Manufacturer
AVL

Year of acquisition
2016

Responsible Researcher and Equipment Administrator
Unit: Polytechnic School / Department of Mechanical Engineering – EPUSP / PME
Name: Guenther Carlos Krieger Filho
Email: guenther [at] usp [dot] br
To access the equipment, contact the researcher in charge.

Location
Unit: Polytechnic School (EPUSP)
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Address: Av. Mello Moraes, 2231 – Cidade Universitária, São Paulo

Description
The engine allows the application of optical diagnostics to study the air movement in the cylinder, mixing and combustion processes. There are two optical accesses: lateral of the cylinder and below the piston, thus allowing the visualization / measurement of the quantities associated with the combustion and expansion of the gases in more than one direction.The engine also allows assembling in all metal parts (without optical access) for longer lasting testing (conventional thermodynamic studies).

Offered services
Measurements of quantities associated with velocity, temperature, droplet size, characterization of combustible sprays, OH radicals. These quantities are measured by using the EMUs described on Laser Systems for Combustion Diagnostics.

Name
Laser Systems for Combustion Diagnostics

Origin
FAPESP

Presentation
Laser measurement systems that allow velocity field characterization (PIV – Particle Image Velocimetry); OH radical (LIF – Laser Induced Fluorescence); Temperature (LIP – Laser Induced Phosphorescence) in confined flames; and spray characterization (LDA – Laser Doppler Anemometer and PDPA  – Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer).

Manufacturer
Dantec Dynamics

Year of acquisition
2013 (PIV), 2013 (LIF), 2016 (LIP)

Responsible Researcher and Equipment Administrator
Unit: Polytechnic School / Department of Mechanical Engineering – EPUSP / PME
Name: Guenther Carlos Krieger Filho
Email: guenther [at] usp [dot] br
To access the equipment, contact the researcher in charge.

Location
Unit: Polytechnic School (EPUSP)
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Address: Av. Mello Moraes, 2231 – Cidade Universitária, São Paulo

Description
These instruments allow excellent flow characterization, reactive or not, providing measurements at high sampling rates that allow knowledge of turbulent fluctuations in velocity, temperature, OH radical concentration and sprays characterization (distributions and droplet sizes).

Offered services
Mapping of mean and instantaneous fields of velocity, temperature, OH radical in translucent or non-reactive translucent flows and measurement of droplet sizes (and distribution) in sprays.

Name
Analysis of microbial metabolites by mass spectrometry

Origin
FAPESP

Presentation
Multi-user Equipament approved in grant 2014-50279-4: Massspectrometerwith triple-typeanalyzerQuadrupole –

Manufacturer
Shimadzu, model LCMS-8040

Year of acquisition
2019

Responsible Researcher
Unidade: Escola Politécnica / Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica – EPUSP /PME
Nome: Julio Romano Meneghini
E-mail: jmeneg [at] usp [dot] br

Equipment Administrator
Prof. Claudio Oller do Nascimento
E-mail: oller [at] usp [dot] br

Profª. Elen Aquino Perpetuo
E-mail: perpetuoe [at] usp [dot] br
To access the equipment, contact the administrators.

Location
Unit: Polytechnic School (EPUSP)
Department: Chemical Engineeiring ( CEPEMA )
Address:  Rodovia Cônego Domênico Rangoni, Km 270 – Cubatão (SP) – CEP: 11573-000
Fone: (13) 3362.9369 – (13) 3362.9358

Description
This equipment (LC / MS) combines the separation power of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) from high molecular weight compounds with the ability of the mass spectrometer (MS) to selectively detect and confirm molecular identity. The main applications are in pharmaceutical research, environmental analysis, food analysis and forensic medicine.

Offered services
Identification of molecules of interest by measuring their mass and characterizing their chemical structure.

Name
Autochem II 2920-Micromeritics.

Origin
FAPESP

Presentation
Multi-user Equipament approved in grant 2014-50279-4

Manufacturer
Micromeritics – Autochem 2920

Year of acquisition
2019

Responsible Researcher
Unidade: Escola Politécnica / Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica – EPUSP /PME
Nome: Julio Romano Meneghini
E-mail: jmeneg [at] usp [dot] br

Equipment Administrator
Profa. Rita Maria de Brito Alves
E-mail: rmbalves [at] usp [dot] br

To access the equipment, contact the administrator.

Location
Unit: Polytechnic School (EPUSP)
Department: Chemical Engineering
Rua do Lago, 250; Prédio Semi-Industrial, Bloco B, Térreo

LaPCat – Laboratório de Pesquisas e Inovação em Processos Catalíticos
Fone: (11) 3091 2265  (provisório)

Description
The chemisortion equipment (AutoChem II 2920, Micromeritics) is a fully automated chemisorption analyzer that can conduct a comprehensive array of highly precise studies of chemical adsorption and temperature- programmed reactions. The AutoChem II 2920 performs pulse chemisorptions, temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), desorption (TPD), oxidation (TPO).The products of the reactions are automatically analyzed by a TCD detector. From these analyses it is possible to obtain important information about the physical and chemical properties of catalysts, catalyst supports, or other materials. For example, it can determine catalytic properties such as percent of metal dispersion, active metal surface area, acid strength, surface acidity, distribution of strength of active sites, BET surface area, and more.

Offered services
Typical applications for the AutoChem II 2920 include: surface metals; dispersion of the metal; average crystallite size; oxidation at programmed temperature (TPO); reduction to the programmed temperature (TPR); desorption at programmed temperature (TPD); pulsed chemisorption; oxygen desorption heat; oxygen dissociating heat; ammonia chemisorption; ammonia desorption at the programmed temperature.