Lab Equipment

Bioreactor Controllers:

Bioreactor control tower BioFlo 115
Bioreactor control tower BioFlo 120

Gas Chromatographs:

SRI 8610C Gas Chromatograph with TCD (2)
Agilent 7890B Gas Chromatograph with FID and TCD

High-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLCs)

Shimadzu HPLC
Agilent 1200 Series HPLC

UV-vis spectrophotometer

Beckman Coulter UV-vis
Shimadzu UV-1800 Spectrophotometer

Total Organic Carbon Analyzers

Shimadzu TOC-V
Shimadzu TOC-L

Biological Growth Equipment

Yamato SM-301 Sterilizer
VWR Air Shaker
Incubator (2)
Vacuum jar
Biosafety Hood (2)
3L Bioreactor & Static Discharge Mat (2)

Gas Mixing Systems and Safety Controls

MFC Gas Mixing System Room 2
MFC Gas Mixing System Room 1
Hazardous Gas Detector

Lab equipment not pictured but available in the lab:

  • H2O Condenser cabinets to cool CSTR off gas
  • Duralyzer-NIR online NIR system; BE2100 Noninvasive Biomass Monitor
  • YSI 5000 Dissolved Oxygen Meters
  • pH meters
  • Static Mixer: KOFLO corp., Steel plain end static inline mixer
  • Mass Flow Controllers (MFCs): Alicat Scientific, MC-500SCCM-D (1) and MC-200SCCM-D (2), 500 smL/min for N2, 200 smL/min for methane, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and helium.
  • Static Control Work Surface Vinyl Mat and Static Control Strap, Dsco Industries Inc. Part No. CMG-1903 (mat) and CMG-1911 (wrist band)

Lab equipment not pictures but available for use within the Chemical Engineering building:

  • Bio-Tek multi-detection microplate reader (fluorescence, absorbance, luminescence)
  • VG70EHF double-focusing sector mass spectrometer with CG11/250 data system
  • NICOMP 280 Dynamic Light Scattering Particle Analyzer
  • Bio-Rad 2D electrophoresis system
  • -80C Freezer