Laboratories for process development
Our process development division has well-equipped laboratories. The laboratories and the knowledge of our specialists facilitate the support of your projects in the fields of water and raw material treatment with experimental validation of material-specific parameters and high-quality process planning and to offer you tailor-made solutions.
We are also available to you as a competent partner in the field of environmental microbiology. You are welcome to contact us regarding your specific problem!
Our Expertise
Microbiology, Biotechnology
- Microorganism cultivation and identification (aerobic, anaerobic)
- Determination of the metabolic performance of microorganisms (bacteria of the sulphur, iron, manganese, nitrogen, methane cycle, etc.)
- Molecular genetic studies of the environment
- Bioleaching, sulphate reduction of various primary and secondary raw materials
- Use of various substrates for biogas production
- Investigations in reactor sizes from 100 ml shaking flasks to 100 litre bioreactors
- Downstream processing of biotechnologically derived products through a wide range of options for the conditioning of solids and liquids in the chemical-physical laboratory
Hydrometallurgy and water treatment
- Fractionated precipitation and sedimentation
- Chemical leaching
- Liquid-liquid extraction
- Adsorption and ion exchange processes
- Membrane filtration (micro-, ultra-, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis)
- Semi-industrial scale investigations possible
Processing
- Mechanical comminution in crushers and mills
- Mechanical sorting (sieving, shaking table) and sample separation
- Density separation, flotation, magnetic separation
Special Equipment/Capacities
- Laboratory and pilot plants
-
Eudiometer for tests on biogas production -
Precipitation, flocculation, ion exchange for concentrating of valuable elements (e.g. copper recovery from mining industry waste). -
Extraction -
Membrane bioreactor -
Density separation with wet table (production of heavy mineral concentrates)
