/// Features:
- Enables the simultaneous testing of several flocculation / pre-filtration conditions
/// Examples of applications:
- Separating and concentrating metal nanoparticles
Microbiology laboratory equipped with 2 Labfors 7L bioreactors, a Luxfors 3,5L photobioreactor, a Terrafors 10L solid fermentor, a DIC microscope, a GC, a Dionex IC-5000 and a Beckman Coulter FC-500 flow cytometer. It is also possible, through this laboratory, to have access to the pilot ozonator of the Research Center for lignocellulosic materials at the UQTR and to the Innofibre pilot workshop of the Cégep de Trois-Rivières which include various tanks and high capacity mixers for chemical and biochemical treatments of all kinds (max operating temperature of 220C). A 600-ml pressurized reactor dedicated to hydrothermal liquefaction of wet biomass is also available.
The BioEngine laboratory in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Université Laval includes high-end equipment and pilots for resource recovery from waste materials and polluted water. It includes methanogenic potential reactors (BMP), semi-continuous biomethanization reactors in 1, 2 or 3 phases, composting and controlled aerobic conditioning reactors, a fluidized bed granulator, a pilot for phosphorus recovery by adsorption, a nitrogen recovery set-up by stripping and absorption, a membrane bioreactor, a measurement station for real-time monitoring of physicochemical and biological parameters, as well as equipment for characterizing water and residual organic matter.
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.
Analysis of trace metals in liquid or solid samples (biological tissues, suspended matter, sediments, soils) and bio-optical analysis. Research focuses on the path of toxic metals in the food chain, the bioavailability of contaminants, the impacts of anthropogenic activities and the assessment of the sensitivity of the natural environment. The main equipment is as follows: Particle and radioactivity counters (beta and gamma emissions); Atomic and mass emission spectrometers, by inductively coupled plasma (ICP-AES and ICP-MS); Liquid, gas and ion chromatography devices (HPLC, LC-MS-MS, GC, GC-MS); ICP-MS coupled to an HPLC; Mercury analyzer.
The microanalysis laboratory offers the scientific community, businesses and industry a characterization service for natural and synthetic materials. The laboratory operates a CAMECA SX-100 electronic microprobe and a JEOL 840-A scanning electron microscope (SEM). The laboratory also operates a Siemens D5000 X-ray diffractometer.
The MiCEL laboratory specializes in the molecular and metagenomic analysis of microbial communities present in water management infrastructure.
The laboratory is capable of performing various analyses using DNA and RNA present in environmental samples including: PCR (polymerase chain reaction) analysis and quantification, in situ fluorescence microscopy Hybridization of 16S RNA (FISH), high throughput amplicon sequencing to analyze phylogenetic and functional diversity of communities, and metagenomic sequencing (shotgun sequencing).
///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
