ECP expertise

(as its associates professional expertise)

1. Chemistry

1.1. General Chemistry

1.2. Qualitative Analysis (classical)

1.3. Quantitative Analysis

1.3.1.Classical

1.3.2.Gas chromatography

1.4. Physical Chemistry (general)

1.5. Plasma Chemistry

1.5.1. Plasma assisted cleaning of diluted gases

1.5.1.1. Tars in Fuel Gas produced by wood gasification

1.5.1.2. Methane in air (from coal mining exhaust)

1.5.1.3. Toxic and evil-smelting compounds (H₂S and mercaptans) from gaseous emission of sewage stations

1.5.1.4. NO_x and soot in flue gas from TNT combustion

1.5.1.5. Flue-gas from industrial polymerization stoves

1.5.1.6. Volatile Organic Compounds in air

1.5.1.7. Foundry exhausts

1.5.1.8. N₂O in air

1.5.2. Conversion of concentrated compounds

1.5.2.1. N₂O into NO_x (nylon industry)

1.5.2.2. Chloro- and/or Fluoro-organics waste upgrading into Synthesis Gas + HCl and/or HF

1.5.2.3. Liquid hydrocarbon fuels (including high-sulfur feeds) into Synthesis Gas for fuel cell feeding

1.5.2.4. SO_x to Sulfur

1.5.2.5. H₂S into Hydrogen and Sulfur

1.5.2.6. CO₂ into CO

1.5.2.7. NO_x to elements

1.5.2.8. Zirconium Silicate (ZrSiO₄) into ZrO₂ and SiO₂

1.5.2.9. SiO₂, TiO₂, and ZrO₂ into lower oxides (reduction by Hydrogen)

1.5.2.10. Ilmenite (FeTiO₃) + Carbon into pure TiC

1.5.2.11. Ilmenite into TiO₂ and Iron Oxides (in Nitrogen)

1.5.2.12. Petroleum residues into lighter Hydrocarbons and/or Synthesis Gas

1.5.2.13. Methane (or Natural Gas) and Carbon Dioxide and/or steam and/or Oxygen into H₂, CO, C₂H₂, and C₂H₄ (dry, steam, partial or mixed reforming at any proportion of CO₂/H₂O/O₂)

1.5.2.14. Heavier Hydrocarbons into Lighter Hydrocarbons (in liquid phase)

1.5.2.15. CO into H₂ (water shift)

1.5.2.16. Natural Gas into Hydrogen, Acetylene and nano-Soot (pyrolysis)

1.5.2.17. Air into Nitric Oxides (in microwave plasma)

1.5.2.18. Biogas (CH₄+ CO₂) into H₂-enhanced fuel gas

1.5.2.19. Coal into Synthesis Gas

1.5.3. Plasma spraying (coating)

1.5.3.1. Plasma spraying of Aluminum Oxide layers

1.5.3.2. Copper and Tantalum coatings by spraying under soft vacuum

1.5.3.3. Composite (W + Al₂O₃) and resistive (Ta or Cu and Al₂O₃) thick coatings

1.5.3.4. Preheating of powders for enhanced plasma coating

1.5.4. Other processes

1.5.4.1. Metal degreasing

1.5.4.2. Activation of ordinary coal (producing a sorbent)

1.5.4.3. Production of polymeric sulfur from ordinary sulfur

1.5.4.4. Activation of fibrous materials (blending and increasing dyeing properties)

1.5.4.5. Destruction of poly-phenolic resins (foundry sands recycling)

1.5.4.6. Copper purification

1.5.4.7. Desinfection and de-acidification of papers

1.6. Chemical reactors

1.6.1. Induction Coupled Plasma Reactors (atmospheric pressure, up to 25 kW)

1.6.2. Rotating Plasma Reactors

1.6.3. Microwave Plasma Reactors (up to 3 kW)

1.6.4. High temperature (> 3000°C) separation of TiC and Fe

1.6.5. Mini-shaft furnace (stratified combustion)

1.6.6. Free burning arcs reactors (up to 1500 A)

1.6.7. Plasma torches fed by rare gases (Ar, He or Ne), nitrogen or water

1.6.8. Wall-stabilized arc devices (up to 800 A)

1.6.9. Electro-burners (in which a part of fuel is substituted by electrical energy)

1.6.10. Gliding arc and discharges (GlidArc-I and -II)

1.6.11. Other high-voltage discharge devices

1.6.12. Electrolyser

1.6.13. High Voltage discharges to liquids

1.6.14. GlidArc-I assisted fluidized and spouted beds for solid particles processing, cleaning or preheating

1.6.15. Joule-preheating devices for solid particles processing or enhanced spraying

1.6.16. Gliding-arc generator of overheated steam

1.6.17. Compact plate-reactor for exothermic catalytic processes (Fischer-Tropsch, water shift)

1.7. Other chemical processes

1.7.1. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of clean fuels

1.7.2. Stratified combustion of lean solid fuels

1.7.3. Incineration of municipal and hospital wastes

1.7.4. Volatile Organic Compounds pre-concentration process by sorption and desorption

1.7.5. Thermo-chemical processing of solid sulfate wastes from a desalination plant

1.7.6. Photosensitive emulsions for photography

1.8. Inorganic Chemistry

1.8.1. Metallurgy

1.8.1.1. Rare Elements (general)

1.8.1.2. Processing of Titanium Raw Material and Intermediates

1.8.1.3. Processing of Copper

1.8.2. Preparative Inorganic Chemistry

1.8.3. Chemistry and Technology of Nuclear Materials

1.9. Organic Chemistry (general)

2. Electro-technique

2.1. High Intensity DC Electric Arcs

2.2. Sustained fluctuations of Arc in Methane and in CH₄ + CO₂ mixtures

2.3. Electric and Energetic characteristics of Gliding Arcs

2.4. Optimization of the electrical parameters of the Gliding Discharges

2.5. On-line power metering of unstable discharges

2.6. Power supplying systems for unstable electric discharges (including multiple discharges)

2.7. Wall stabilized arcs in SF₆

2.8. Power supplying of gliding arcs at 150 or 400 Hz

2.9. High Voltage device for Turbulent Flame stabilization

2.10. Overpressure control for high current circuit breakers

3. Physics

3.1. General

3.2. Laser Physics (general)

3.3. Laser Interferometry (for plasma diagnostics

3.4. Atomic Spectroscopy

3.4.1. Oscillator Strengths

3.4.1.1. Some weak Ar I lines

3.4.1.2. Ti I, Ti II, and Ti III lines in UV and in visible parts of the spectrum

3.4.1.3. Violet lines 3s - 4p transition of Ne I

3.4.1.4. Lines of silicon atom Si I (in ultraviolet) and the silicon first ion Si II (in visible

3.4.2. Line shift and broadening

3.4.2.1. Resonance 323 nm Li I line

3.4.2.2. A Si II line

3.4.2.3. Ar I 430 nm line

3.4.2.4. Certain atomic and ionic sulfur (S I and S II) lines

3.4.2.5. Certain atomic fluorine (F I) lines

3.4.2.6. Certain lines of Ar II

3.4.2.7. Certain Helium I lines

3.4.3. Influence of the excited states on the Ar plasma Ionization Energy decrease and its refractive index

3.5. Molecular Spectroscopy

3.5.1. Absolute values of Transition Probabilities for some bands of TiO

3.5.2. Spectral constants of the TiO molecule for c¹Φ, b¹Π, and a¹Δ states

3.5.3. Observation of new bands in the TiO molecular spectrum

3.5.4. N₂, N₂⁺, CN, C₂, CH, and OH molecular spectra computer simulation (and experimental validation) under different spectral resolutions and temperatures (2-7.5 kK)

3.5.5. Experimental determination of transition probability for (0,1) and (0,2) bands for A¹Σ^- – X¹Π⁺ system of SiO

3.6. Physics of Plasmas

3.6.1. Modeling of gliding arcs

3.6.2. Modeling and practical tests of pressure and temperature evolution during electric explosions in a closed box

3.7. Thermodynamics

3.7.1. Calculation of partition function for Titanium atom and ions (Ti I to Ti VIII) up to 15 kK

3.7.2. Calculation of partition function for Iron (Fe I, II, and III) up to 15 kK

3.7.3. Calculation of partition function for TiO molecule in the temperature range of 4-10 kK

3.7.4. Thermodynamic equilibria in argon or neon plasma jets

3.7.5. Influence of the deviations from Thermodynamic Equilibrium on Plasma temperature determination

3.7.6. Applicability of different theories of the ionization potential decrease

3.7.7. Application of the classical thermodynamics and fluid mechanics to the electrical explosions in circuit breakers

3.7.8. Deviation from Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium near the cathode tip of a high intensity arc

3.8. Diagnostics of Plasmas, Electro-Burners and Flames

3.8.1. Microwave Torch (spectral)

3.8.2. Spectroscopic diagnostics of Zn + air industrial burner

3.8.3. SF₆ arc plasma (observation of SF, CuF and CuS molecules)

3.8.4. Temperature profiles if different sources via emission atomic spectra

3.8.4.1. Argon plasma jet for alumina spraying

3.8.4.2. Induction-coupled plasmas (soft-vacuum and atmospheric pressure)

3.8.4.3. Rotating arc

3.8.4.4. Electro-burners (up to 2 MW power)

3.8.4.5. Industrial pilot for hydrocarbon plasma processing (arc plasma)

3.8.4.6. Industrial pilot (metallurgy, 250 kW DC transferred arc)

3.8.4.7. Arc in SF₆

3.8.4.8. Near-the-cathode high current arc plasma in Ar and Ar + He

3.8.4.9. Hydrogen Flame

3.8.4.10. Pulsating Arcs

3.8.5. Solar radiation absorption of in CH₄/CO₂ plasmas

3.8.6. Over-excited jets of Argon or Neon plasma under atmospheric pressure

3.8.7. Temperature profile using laser interferometry

3.8.8. Temperature profile using well-resolved or partially-resolved molecular emission spectra of N₂⁺, N₂, CN, C₂, CH, and OH (temperatures in flames, electro-flames and plasma peripheral zones)

3.8.9. Physical phenomena of the electrical current disruption

3.8.10. Electric conductivity of an decaying arc in Argon or in SF₆ + Ar or in SF₆ + N₂ mixtures

3.8.11. Use of 447 nm He I Line to determine electron concentration in plasmas

3.8.12. Temperature measurements in non-equilibrium "ferroelectric" plasma

3.8.13. Arc Fluctuations

3.9. Electrostatics & Electrokinetics (general)

4. Geothermy

4.1. General

4.2. Low-temperature resources

4.3. Dry-rock deep energy mining

4.4. Non-condensable gas control systems (mostly H₂S)

5. Geology

5.1. General

5.2. Mining engineering

5.2.1. Heavy sands underwater recovery and selective classification

5.2.2. Copper ores deep mining and pre-concentration

5.2.3. Brown coal surface mining

5.3. Aquifers management

5.4. CO₂ sequestration

6. Industrial Painting Systems and Processes

7. Horticulture (especially industrial-scale flower production).

8. Music

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