In addition to the regular computation facilities, special infrastructure has been created at TRDDC for conducting molecular modeling computations (SGI Octane Workstation and MSI Cerius 2.0 Molecular Modeling toolkit).
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| Experimental Facilities at TRDDC | |
| The experimental facilities at TRDDC enable the process engineering group to carry out precise measurements for validation of the process modeling and optimization results before implementing them at industrial operations. Available experimental facilities are used to characterize important material processing unit operations including mineral beneficiation, water testing, solidification, heat treatment and ceramic processing. |
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the area of minerals processing, a wide range of equipment is available,
such as advanced grinding units (e.g. attrition, planetary mills),
floatation and filtration cells, spectrophotometer, total organic carbon
analyzer, liquid-gas chromatograph, surface area/ pore volume and particle
size analyzers, and a programmable rheometer. Advanced computer-controlled
test rigs have been set up for filtration and solidification processes. In
the area of ceramic processing, capabilities include slip and tape casting
to high temperature sintering. Precise thermal processing studies are
carried out using computer controlled furnaces, metallography and a
sophisticated microscope equipped with a CCD camera and an image analyzer.
In addition to the regular computation facilities, special infrastructure has been created at TRDDC for conducting molecular modeling computations (SGI Octane Workstation and MSI Cerius 2.0 Molecular Modeling toolkit). |
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