Environment and Energy Labs

Equipment

The chemistry lab area includes a large lab for practical courses, 4 research labs, 2 temperature-controlled rooms, a lab kitchen and various chemical storage facilities. The lab for practical courses provides room for 25 students and is equipped with 13 fume hoods. The 4 research labs provide analytical facilities for various environmental analyses:

• High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Gas chromatography (GC) to analyse various substances in environmental samples, e.g. PAH (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), Carbonic acids and others
• Thermogravimetric Analysis with Dynamic Differential Calorimetry (TGA/DSC), to analyse different biomass materials and types of plastics
• TOC-L for the analysis of total carbon (TC), inorganic carbon (IC) and total organic carbon (TOC) , as well as total nitrogen (TN) in aqueous samples
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) for the analysis of various elements or heavy metals, e.g. in soil samples
• Microwave digestion, for the digestion of various materials, e.g. soil or plants
• Karl-Fischer-Titration-Apparatus: Analysis of water content in liquids or solids
• Luminescence Mulitplate Reader
• Continous real-time biotoxicity detection system, for monitoring of low-level contaminations in (drinking) water
• PCR (Polymerase chain reaction), gel electrophoresis and gel scanner

The labs are equipped with ample glassware and other lab equipment, such as an autoclave, clean benches, incubators, 2 small scale reactors and a 5 L bioreactor, lab dishwasher, pH-Meter, Ionenselective Elektrodes (ISE), magnet stirer, test-tube mixer, centrifuges, hand-held spectroscope, Ultrasound bath, water bath, muffle furnace, rotary evaporator, ball mill, microscopes, stereomicroscopes and various laboratory scales.

Electrochemistry

• Fuel cell and photovoltaic cell test equipment
• Potentiometer
• Rotating disc electrode incl. double  potentiostat
•  2 potentiostates for CV-measurement
• Impedance-Spectrometer with external potentiostat to determine charging and decharging-cycles of batteries

Environmental monitoring

• Particle sampler to measure fine-dust in ambient air  
• Fenced outside area