- Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (flame and graphite furnace)
- Automated titrator and Karl Fisher
- Capillary electrophoresis
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
- Fluorescence Spectrometer X (XRF)
- FTIR infrared spectrometer with cell specialized in gas and biogas analysis
- Fluorimeter
- Gas chromatograph (GC-TCD) for gas analysis
- Gas chromatograph (GC-FID)
- FTIR Infra-Red Spectrometer For Solid And Liquid Samples
- Ion chromatography
- Gas chromatograph combined with a mass spectrometer (GC-MS)
- High-performance liquid chromatography combined with an ion-trap mass spectrometry (LC-MS)
- High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (2 Units, One Of Which Is Equipped With A Fraction Collector)
- High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph With An ELSD Detector (Electrospray Light Scattering Detector)
- Kjeldahl analyzer (total nitrogen and ammonia)
- Spectromètre d’émission optique muni d’un plasma à couplage inductif (ICP-OES)
- Thermogravimetric analyzer coupled with mass spectrometer (TGA-MS)
- Total organic carbon analyzer
The infrastructure consists of a Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS + 128 CT scanner, a data processing and storage unit, a sedimentology laboratory, and hydraulics, bio-sedimentology and hydrology equipment. The scale of this infrastructure is unique in Canada and in a class of its own worldwide.
- Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry
- Ion chromatography
- Atomic absorption spectrometry with flame
- Zetameter
- Infrared spectroscopy
- Total organic carbon analyzer
- High performance liquid chromatography
- UV-Visible spectrophotometer
- Solid phase extraction equipment for hydrocarbons
- Basic analytical equipment
- Oil & grease analyzer
- Activated carbon adsorption column
- Column for aeration tests
- Respirometer
This pilot laboratory is a powerful, mobile and flexible infrastructure for testing and demonstrating, at low cost, and directly in industrial environments or on degraded sites, new remediation and decontamination processes before their implementation on a real scale. . The laboratory team works to develop technologies for the treatment, decontamination and recovery of various matrices polluted by metals and other types of pollutants. The development of processes contributing to sustainable development in the field of environmental technologies is a priority research area of the INRS. The laboratory has a multifunctional mobile pilot plant to operate various types of physical, chemical and biological processes for the treatment of soils, hazardous wastes, gases, as well as industrial residues and effluents directly on contaminated sites.
/// Features:
- Processing volume: 1 to 4 L
- Operating pressure up to 600 psi
- Feed flow ranging from 1 L/min to 6 L/min
- Membrane coupons for MF, UF, NF, and OI
- Can be adapted to forward osmosis
/// Samples:
- Liquids: effluents, residual liquids, process waters, fluids, etc.
/// Examples of applications
- Scanning and selection of the type of membrane to be used
- Optimization of membrane filtration parameters: flow, pressure, temperature
- Studies of the effects on liquids and membranes (precipitations, clogging, pressure drop, etc.)
/// Features:
- Enables the simultaneous testing of several flocculation / pre-filtration conditions
/// Examples of applications:
- Separating and concentrating metal nanoparticles
A mass spectrometry service is offered to the scientific community for the identification of organic molecules, the analysis of natural products, the quantification of metabolites of pharmaceutical products, the analysis of trace pollutants, the determination of the molecular weight of proteins, the sequencing of peptides. The service includes, among others, a Micromass Quattro II triple quadrupole equipped with gas and liquid chromatography interfaces. It can be operated in positive and negative mode and carry out a mass scan up to 4000 m / z. The mass spectrometry service can perform a variety of MS / MS experiments such as daughter ion, parent ion and neutral fragment loss analysis. Various ionization modes such as electronic impact (EI), chemical ionization (CI), chemical ionization at atmospheric pressure (APCI), electrospray and nanospray can be used. It has an interface for gas chromatography with an HP 6890 gas chromatograph and an interface for HPLC HP 1100 liquid chromatography equipped with an automatic injector and a UV detector.
///Features :
- Filtration system with three ceramic membrane chambers measuring 110 cm in length by 2.5 cm in diameter (microfiltration and ultrafiltration)
- Filtration capacity of 150 L to 200 L per hour; 600 L double walled tank connected to a cooling system
- Pre-filter; Pump with a maximum operating capacity of 3500 rpm (8 horse power).
/// Samples :
- Liquids (effluents, residual liquids, fluids, liquid waste, liquids resulting from chemical processes, and so on)
- Capacity to process samples of up to 1 000 L.
/// Examples of applications :
- Industrial effluent treatment; Molecule separation, concentration, and purification (organic or inorganic)
- Recycling of harmful biomass
- Extraction of recyclable organic compounds
- Recycling of waste products (polyethylene glycol, cutting fluids, essential oils, etc.)
- Separation of nanoparticles from dissolved salts in order to characterize the nanoparticle content - Nanoparticle and other nanomaterial concentration.
/// Features:
- Pumps with a capacity of 12 to 20 gallons per minute
- 50 gallon/minute recirculation pumps
- 7.5 horsepower (3500 rpm) pumps
- Spiral-wound membrane chamber (measuring 40 inches in length by 8 inches in diameter)
- Filtration capacity of 600 L per hour
- 100 to 1 000-litre tank
- Prefilters
/// Samples:
- Liquids (effluents, residual liquids, fluids, liquid waste, liquids generated by chemical processes, etc.)
- Capacity to treat liquids by micro-, ultra-, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis
/// Examples of applications:
- Separation of nanoparticles from dissolved salts in order to characterize the nanoparticle content
- Nanoparticle or other nanomaterial concentration
- Purification of industrial effluents
- Separation, concentration, and purification of molecules (organic or inorganic)
/// Other test benches available:
- Two filtration systems with 2 spiral-wound membrane chambers measuring 8 inches in diameter
- A filtration system with a spiral-wound membrane measuring 4 inches in diameter
- A filtration system with a spiral-wound membrane measuring 2 inches in diameter
