Texas Tech University

Equipment

The Valero Laboratory features a comprehensive range of teaching and supporting equipment, enabling experimentation across multiple areas of chemical engineering.

Teaching Equipment

  1. Gas Absorber
  2. Fluidized Bed
  3. Bioreactor
  4. Free and Forced Convection Unit
  5. Cooling Tower
  6. Process Control Trainer
  7. Diffusion Apparatus
  8. Centrifugal Pump
  9. Friction Losses in Piping Systems

Supporting Equipment

  1. Venturi Meter
  2. Particle Drag Coefficient Apparatus
  3. Gas Chromatography System
  4. Incubator Shaker
  5. UV–Vis Spectrophotometer
  6. Oven
  7. Centrifuge
  8. Rheometer
  9. Hot Stage
  10. Microscope
  11. 3D Printers

Each piece of equipment provides students with practical exposure to core engineering principles—from fluid mechanics and transport phenomena to reaction kinetics and process control.

For More Information

Chijuan Hu

Associate Professor of Practice
Valero Experiential Laboratory
chijuan.hu@ttu.edu
806.834.4613