Laboratory Equipment
Special equipment:
Special equipment:
Particle and grain characterisation
| Single particle count | Size distribution, Single-particle extinction 1...200 µm |
Abakus Mobil Fluid | Klotz |
| Dynamic scattered light measurement / photon correlation spectroscopy | Size distribution 0,6 nm...1 µm | ZetaSizer Nano | Malvern |
| Dry sieving | Sieve lines 125 µm...3,15 mm | Sieving machine | Retsch |
| Density determination | Pycnometry | ||
| Density determination as a function of particle size (2...100 µm) | Experimental setup for sedimentation analysis | ||
| Dynamic scattered light measurement and electrophoresis |
Zeta potential, zeta potential distribution, titration curves |
ZetaSizer Nano with autotitrator |
Malvern |
Characterisation of aqueous samples
| Turbidity measurement | Static scattered light measurement | TURB 430 IR | WTW |
| dissolved organic carbon (DOC),total organic carbon (TOC; particulate and dissolved) | Thermocatalytic high-temperature digestion | TOC analyser | Elementar |
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dissolved organically bound carbon, |
Liquid chromatography with UV oxidation | LC-OCD-OND | DOC-Labor Dr. Huber |
| Dynamic scattered light measurement with automatic sample temperature control | Melting point of organic molecules | ZetaSizer Nano | Malvern |
| Free and combined chlorine | Chlorine measuring probes | Measuring case | |
| pH value Conductivity |
Hydrogen ion activity measurement | Measuring case pH/Cond 340i |
WTW |
| Redox potential | T50M Terminal | Mettler Toledo | |
| Various dissolved water constituents | (iron, nitrate, ...) | Cuvette test | Hach-Lange |
| Dissolved oxygen | Measuring case | WTW | |
| SAK/SSK | Spectrophotometer | Genesys 10 UV | Thermo Electron |
Sample treatment
| Desalination | Type 1 | Direct-Q3 | Millipore |
| Temperature control for cell tests from Hach-Lange | Thermostat | ||
| Sample divider | PT 100 | Retsch | |
| Rotary shaker | Bühler | ||
| Autotitrator | T50M Terminal | Mettler Toledo | |
| Drying and cooling incubators | Binder | ||
| Water bath | Funke Medingen | ||
| Ultrasonic bath | VWR | ||
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Planetary ball mill |
Input max. 10mm, output approx. 1 µm | PM 100 | Retsch |
Material characterisation
| Chlorine reaction constants for activated carbons | (Experimental setup) | ||
| Adsorption behaviour of microorganisms | (Experimental setup) |
Technology
| Fermenter with control and dosing system | Fermenter system (10 l and 2 l, controlled) | ||
| Filtration unit | Vacuum filtration via various selectable filter media | ||
| Thermostat | Temperature regulation | ||
| Measuring panel for pH, temperature, conductivity, chlorine, redox |
Process water characterisation (especially pool) |
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| Automatic filling machine | Automatic preparation of Petri dishes for microbiological investigations | IBS | |
| Series agitator | Flocculation tests | VWR | |
| Dispersion/homogenisation | Ika Ultra-Turrax | ||
| Autoclave | V75 | Systec | |
| Laboratory dishwashers | |||
| Photometer | Spectrophotometer (UV/VIC) | Genesys 10 UV | Thermo Electron |
Online measuring devices
| Flow rate, speed | Electromagnetic flow meter for various volume flows | ||
| Turbidity | Ultraturb | Hach-Lange | |
| TOC/DOC | Shimadzu | ||
| Pressure, temperature | Endress+Hauser | ||
| Chlorine, pH, conductivity | WTW | ||
| Single particle count | Abakus Mobil Fluid | Klotz |
Further equipment
| Laboratory apparatus: | Laboratory equipment: | |
| Analytical balance, top pan balance | Kern | BOD measuring station |
| AOX Analyser | IDC Jena Analytik | COD apparatus |
| Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS)Z220 | Varian | Data loggers and controls |
| Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS)FS220 | Varian | Level meters |
| Flocculation test equipment | Aqualytic | Pumps (vacuum) |
| Gas chromatograph 6890 N | Agilent Technologies | Simulation computer(Intel Xeon Dual Core 5160, 3GHz, 16GB RAM + 30 GB vRAM) for modelling with COMSOL Multiphysics, Matlab, Ridusim |
| Ion chromatograph ICS 3000 | DIONEX GmbH | |
| Muffle furnace | ||
| Safety cabinet for microbiological work HERAsafe | Thermo Electron | |
| Spectrophotometer (UV/VIC) CADAS 100 | Hach-Lange | |
| Titroprocessor | ||
| TKN apparatus B324 | Büchi Labortechnik | |
| TOC/DOC with TNb Liquitoc II | Elementar | |
| TOC analyser (solid and liquid phase) TOC V CPH | Shimadzu | |
| TOC Analyser (online) | ||
| Centrifuge |