Key infra: Biomass characterization and bioproduct analysis
Joint University Infra
- CCMA: 5 NMRs + 5 Q-ToF/LC-MS
- Surface analysis: Imaging (TEM, SEM), XRD, etc.
Coordinator for analytical services: Ekaterina Korotkova
- Chemical composition of biomass
- Chemistry of fibre, pulp, paper, and recycled fibers
- General physical and optical properties of fibre, pulp, and paper
- Process water and other streams of pulp, paper and biorefinery plants
- Extractives and deposits
- Fractionation and extraction of biomass
- Bioactive extractive compounds
- Preparative and pretreatment methods
- Ink formulations for 3D printing
- Chromatography – GC, HPLC, HPSEC
- Spectrometry – GC-MS, Py-GC-MS, LC-MS, UV-vis, FTIR
- Fractionation of biomass
- Ink formulation and printability tests for 3D printing
- Fiber spinning
- General physical and optical properties of fibre, pulp, and paper
- NMR spectroscopy (shared analytical platform)
- Gas chromatography (GC)
- Quantitative/qualitative determination of extractives, hemicelluloses and pectins, and cellulose
- Solid-Phase Microextraction/SPME-GC
- VOC analysis, i.e. analysis of volatile organic compounds (e.g. methanol, ethanol, aldehydes and ketones of extractives (hexanal, pentanal etc.), terpenes etc.)
- Liquid chromatography
- HPLC: Analysis and preparative separation of extractives and carbohydrates
- HPSEC: Molar mass determination of THF or water soluble compounds (e.g. extractives, polymers, hemicelluloses, lignin), MW fractionation of samples for further analysis, MALLSdetection
- Flash chromatography
- Preparative separation of bioactive substances
- Mass spectrometry, GC-MS
- Identification of organic substances, ion selective detection of compounds separated by capillary-GC
- Pyrolysis-GC-MS
- GC fingerprint analysis of natural and synthetic polymers
- LC-ion trap-MS
- LC-QQQ-MS
- LC-QTOF-MS
- UV-Vis
- Lignin determination, colorimetric determinations
- FTIR
- Accelerated Solvent Extractor (ASE-200, ASE-300, ASE-350)
- Static hot water, high pressure extraction
- To investigate wood extraction with different parameters
- Batch reactor extraction or digestering
- Soxhlet
- Reflux
- Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printer
- Direct Ink Writing (DIW) printer
- Digital light processing (DLP) printer
- Fibre length distribution
- FS5
- Bauer McNett
- Canadian standard freeness and Schopper-Riegler
- Air permeance
- Tensile strength, Tear strength
- Water Retention Value
- Optical properties (Elrepho)
- Flow cytometry: Analysis of particles and bacteria in water suspensions and process waters and extractives in paper and pulp mill process waters
- Microscopy
- Fiber analysis
- Gravimetric determinations: Ash content, moisture content
- Total Organic Carbon (TOC): Determination of the amount of organic (and
inorganic) carbon in water samples - Polyelectrolyte titration: Determination of anionic polymers in water and fibres, “anionic trash” and fibre charge
- Kappa number: Residual lignin content
- Viscosity: Degree of polymerization (DP) for cellulose
- Porosity and poresize distribution: Mercury porosimetry
- Fluid rheology:
- Viscosity and viscoelasticity characterization
- Low, intermediate, high shear rate rotational viscometry
- Low and high shear rate capillary viscometry
- Viscoelasticity evaluation
- Mechanical properties composites and other materials: Mechanical testing in tension, compression, three-point bending modes
- Barrier materials for packaging: Barrier properties of films and coatings; Water vapour transmission rate; Oxygen barrier properties (also for modified atmosphere packaging); Heptane vapour transmission rate; Mineral oil barrier properties; Solvent barrier properties
- Coating and printing: in laboratory and mini-pilot scale for paper and films
- Reactors for biomass: pre-, main and and post-treatment equipment in kg-size
- Kraft and solvent-based pulping
- LC-refining (Prolab) conical fillings for refining of fibres
- PGW pulping
- O2- delignification and bleaching
- Pulp and paper characterisation
- Elemental analysis
- Metal analysis
- Analysis of drugs and hormones in water samples
- SEM and TEM
- XRD analysis
- Surface analysis