Novocherkassk Polytechnics develop and supply partner universities with equipment for conducting complex research.

A batch of laboratory catalytic units for the study of various chemical processes, manufactured jointly by specialists of the Research Institute "Nanotechnologies and New Materials" of YURSPU (NPI) and LLC NPP "INTOR", has already been sent to Tyumen. Tyumen State University ordered the development of equipment that has no analogues in Russia to our university.

- These installations are not our first experience of manufacturing complex research equipment to order. In 2020, we have already delivered four installations of a similar plan to the Moscow Technological University, where they are successfully operating," said Roman Yakovenko, director of the Nanotechnology and New Materials Research Institute. - In 2021, an order was received for laboratory installations from Tyumen State University for research on the processes of synthesis gas production and hydrocarbon synthesis. Laboratory installations are manufactured by the Research Institute "NTNM" together with the scientific and production enterprise "Intor" and are designed to test the properties of catalysts of various processes: oil and gas chemistry, oil refining and chemical technology. The installations are in demand for conducting research, educational process and for input control of the properties of catalysts in production.

For Tyumen State University, the Research Institute "NTNM" made two such installations from scratch. The first is for producing synthesis gas from natural gases. Such equipment makes it possible to study the properties of by–products of mining and transportation of minerals (gas, oil), and most importantly - to develop and test the catalysts necessary to convert these by-products into useful substances suitable, in particular, for the generation of thermal and electrical energy. Simply put, the by-product gas, which is simply disposed of by burning in the fields, can be turned into synthesis gas, which is suitable for heating and electricity generation. Catalysts are responsible for this transformation, in the search and research of which catalytic installations help scientists.

The second catalytic installation is universal, with its help it is possible to study the properties of various substances. The equipment not only fully meets the customer's requirements, but also has a number of advantages.

- Some elements of laboratory installations in the Russian Federation are produced only by the Research Institute "NTNM" together with the NPP "Intor". For example, a circulation pump designed to return unreacted gases to the reactor at a pressure of up to 100 atmospheres. Previously, research teams ordered equipment abroad or assembled it here, but using foreign components. We did without them: we developed drawings according to which our partner company manufactures high-quality domestic components. And we are already engaged in the assembly and debugging of equipment ourselves," Roman Yakovenko clarified.

The uniqueness of the development of Novocherkassk polytechnics lies in its versatility. At one installation, scientists can study the flow of dozens of chemical processes, setting various conditions for temperature, humidity, etc.

Both installations have already been assembled at the Nanotechnology and New Materials Research Institute and have been debugged and tested. Before sending to the customer, our scientists adjust the parameters of the equipment and work on it themselves to check the accuracy of all, even the smallest, processes. Andrey Savostyanov, an engineer at the NTNM Research Institute, and Ivan Zubkov, a junior researcher, successfully carried out commissioning work at Tyumen State University and trained staff to work with equipment.

The staff of the Research Institute "NTNM" continues to work on the creation of sophisticated research equipment for the needs of scientific organizations within the framework of the Development Program "Priority-2030". Our scientists can and are ready to offer customers completely domestic (from idea to assembly) installations that surpass foreign analogues in terms of parameters.