High Performance Liquid Chromatography

For C5 sugars – xylose, arabinose, etc, glucose, and sugar degradation products

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Capabilities:

• Separate Hydrolyzate Mixtures

• Identify Sugars

• Quantify Components in Hydrolyzate

Inert gas and vacuum tube high temperature furnace for carbonization of organic and other materials

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Capabilities:

• Generation of activated carbon from biomass

Small scale lab press

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Capabilities:

• Densification of small scale biomass samples

Pilot scale densification of biomass and torrefied biomass with oil heating and cooling capabilities

Capabilities:

• Densification of biomass/biocoal

• ​300 lb/hr capacity with multiple die configurations

Seedburo Equipment Co Tumbler

• Densified briquettes characterization tool

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Capabilities:

• Testing of hardness, durability, hydrophobicity, etc for pellets and briquettes

COD, TKN, etc. for waste water samples

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Capabilities:

• Determination of oxygen demand and toxicity in waste water used for anaerobic digestion

Small scale fermentation anaerobic digestion unit with pulse flow respirometer

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Capabilities:

• Testing of activity of waste water treatment

• Up to 6 small reactors can be tested simultaneously

Waste water to biogas – Vioth Meri Papertec pilot scale anaerobic digestion reactor 

• 60 liter capacity see through jacketed reactor

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Capabilities:

• Testing of activity of waste water treatment at pilot plant scale

• ​Can be used as a photobioreactor

Biofuels - Fermentation – Aerobic (lab)

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Capabilities:

• Testing of small scale fermentation

Bioflo5000  - Pilot scale fermentation – aerobic unit

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Capabilities:

• Testing of larger scale fermentation

Biofuels pilot scale reactor 

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Capabilities:

• Catalyst evaluation

• Catalytic process development

GC with multiple detectors for biogas and volatiles analysis

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Capabilities:

• Detection & characterization of biogas generated

M/K Systems High pressure digester reactor

• 6 liter capacity

• temperature control

• Interchangeable baskets for biomass hydrolysis

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Capabilities:

• Efficiently removes C5 sugars from biomass

• Strains used biomass

Sharples pilot scale and IEC lab scale centrifuges

• 250 and 60 ml capacity 

• 4 ft diameter basket

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Capabilities:

• Separate solids and liquids

Used for biofuels

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Capabilities:

• Calorific value measurement

Hammer Mill

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Capabilities:

• Grinding biomass materials into 1”, ½” and 1/8” size fibers

Applying moisture environment to samples at a certain time

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Capabilities:

• Moisture uptake measurement

Vibrating mixer

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Capabilities:

• Preparing mixtures

Air circulating oven that can heat up to 300°C

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Capabilities:

• Drying and heating

Heating ovens for up to 1200°C

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Capabilities:

• Drying and heating

Heating ovens for up to 1400°C

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Capabilities:

• Drying and heating

Distiller and heating bath

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Capabilities:

• Solvent distillation under vacuum

Glass reactor

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Capabilities:

• Inert atmospheric reactions

Scraped wall agitator

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Capabilities:

• Lab scale reactor

Nitrogen generator

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Capabilities:

• Lab scale generator for inert environment applications

Electrical steam boiler

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Capabilities:

• Generates steam for up to 50 psi

Extruders for polymer and natural fiber composites

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Capabilities:

• Biocomposite extrusion

Extruders for polymer and natural fiber composites

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Capabilities:

• Biocomposite extrusion