The cutting edge Process Development Workstation Technology allows scientists to truly mimic
the final industrial production process and provides all the flexibility to optimize integrated reaction sequences, even if a complex configuration of reactors and feed vessels required.

The leading technology in overhead gravimetric dispensing / dosing (patented) combined with our quality by design reactor and process excellence, and our user-friendly software, allow you to accelerate, standardize and digitalize your fuel cell catalysts and membrane discovery as well as optimization workflows.

• Decrease in cost per experiment up to 90+ %.
• Increase in productivity by a factor of 10+.
• Up to 36 experiments per run on an AUTOPLANT, up to 6 experiments per run on a MULTIPLANT.
• Independent control of all process parameters in each reactor.
• Independent and precise temperature and stirring control in each reactor.
• Up to 8 independent gas and liquid feeds per reactor.
• Gravimetric solid and viscous liquid dispensing.
• 4-Needle Head for volumetric liquid handling and sampling.
• Feeding and sampling under reaction conditions.
• Cleaning in place (e.g. automated cleaning, inserts).
• Dispensed amount, stirrer speed, temperature, pressure, time..., and other data are stored in a read only log file
• Easy access to data with a convenient interface to pull results into Excel or
  virtually any other software.
• Interface to DOE.

Chemspeed’s MULTIPLANT / AUTOPLANT AUTOCAL deck modularity allows the user to execute
and perform a variety of calorimetry workflows in a fully or semi-automated fashion.

Reaction preparation

• Preparation of metal salt solutions and combinatorial mixtures thereof.
• Preparation of homogeneous suspensions of carbon powder and aqueous reducing agent in parallel reactors.
• Addition of liquid reagents and solutions.

Catalyst preparation optimization in tank reactor:

• Variation of feeding rates / ratios.
• Stirrer speed / geometry.
• Temperature profiles.
• Refluxing.
• Hydrogen pressure (optional).
• Up to 36 fuel cell catalysts per run.

Work-up:

• Filtration and washing.
• Evaporation to dryness.
• Mixing with Nafion solution and electrolyte to prepare catalyst ink.
• Reformatting into output vials or microtiter-plates.

Conditioning:

• Defined particle sizes by applying a dip-in sonifier probe.
• Dip in titanium sonifier probe.
• 100 W total power output.
• Dynamic rinse station
• Testing:
  • Option for integrated galvanostat / potentiostat.

Process reactor assembly, individually controlled tank reactors (reactor volumes 100, 250, 1’000 mL) with precise, continuous feeds.

• Flexible and precise continuous feeds, down to 10 μL / min.
• Up to 8 continuous liquid, liquefied gas and / or gas feeds per reactor and additional unlimited overhead access.
• Accurate and reproducible temperature control, 0.1 °C.
• Pressure up to 100 bar over the entire temperature range up to 250 °C with corresponding safety installations.
• Parallel high-performance calorimetry data.
• Viscosity data.
• Dean Stark water trap.
• Distillation bridge between 2 reactors.