/// Description :
- Pilot unit for membrane filtration tests (ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis).
- Water supplied by a 0.37 kW (1/2 hp) pump.
- Pretreatment through two disposable 24 and 5 µm microfilter cartridges.
- The clogging of the membranes is monitored using two manometers.
- System equipped with a submersible centrifugal pump capable of working at a maximum of 3105 kPa (450 psi) connected to a recirculation pump with a capacity of 110 L / min. The pump is operated with a 2.24 kW (3 hp) and 230 V motor.
- The unit includes two membrane reactors powered in parallel.
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:
- Microplate reader measuring absorbance, fluorescence, and luminescence
- Incubation up to 60 °C
- Possibility to maintain CO2 levels in the read chamber below 5%
- Integrated syringe injectors that can be used to deliver substrates, inhibitors, enzymes etc.
- Possibility for continued reading at intervals ranging from every 20 milliseconds to several hours
- Reading above and below each well
- Reading covering excitation and emission simultaneously
- Wavelength range of 240 to 900 nm (depending on the filters available)
- Integrated control using comprehensive software
/// Samples:
- Liquid
- Microplate analysis of 6 to 384 wells
- Liquid delivery through injection of volumes between 5 and 350 µL (in 0.5 µL increments)
/// Examples of applications:
- Determining enzyme reaction dosage in continuous or intermittent mode
- Determining the dosage for cell toxicity, proliferation, and viability tests
- Determining the dosage of bioreactor cultivated algae content
- Determining the dosage of ATP in cell extracts
- Performing ELISA tests and immunoassays
- Performing antioxidant assays
- Determining the dosage of phosphorescent compounds
The AS+ unit is composed of activated sludge (AS) treatment and a membrane process. Several configurations are possible:
- Activated sludge "classic"
- Use of media with or without activated sludge
- RBS (Sequential Biological Reactor)
- BRM (Membrane Bioreactor)
- FPB (Low Sludge Production)
This innovative unit consists of 4 platforms. The objective is the elimination of dissolved pollution by the following processes:
- Pre-treatment by ballast settling (Actiflo-MiniTM)
- Ozonation or advanced oxidation (ozone - UV)
- Adsorption / biodegradation on activated carbon powder (CAP)
- 4 parallel streams of biomembranes under pressure
- 2 parallel dies of submerged biomembranes
This pilot unit allows biofiltration on floating media (BiostyrTM) coupled to an MBBR process including feed pump, biofiltration column and treated water storage tanks and sludge. The BiostyrTM unit is used in secondary treatment at a flow rate of 0.35 m3 / h (filtration rate 5 m / h).
This unit groups conventional processes for the treatment of drinking water:
- Pumping system and pretreatment
- Conventional flocculation and settling
- Weighted decantation (ActifloTM unit)
- Granular filtration, conventional or direct (4 filtration columns)
- Ozonation
This mobile pilot unit made the weighted decantation (ActifloTM) including a sieve, a flocculation basin, three mechanical mixers, a static decanter and a dosing system (coagulant, soda, polymer). ActifloTM can be used in primary or tertiary treatment. Its treatment capacity is 2 to 6 m3 / h (speed of 40 to 120 m / h).
Nine stations that can be installed in a river, sewer or stormwater system or in a wastewater treatment plant. They include a metal enclosure, with a computer with software for monitoring and data processing (connected to the Internet), and sensors of different brands (pH, conductivity, turbidity, UV-Vis spectrometer, ammonium and nitrate, dissolved oxygen), and various control or maintenance elements (heat control, electric valve for air cleaning, etc.). The processing of data quality and storage of data in an organized database to also contain metadata (data on data) are important features of this development by the Canada Research Chair in Quality Modeling. water, which was marketed by the company Primodal (RSM-30).
