Circular Economy Laboratory

The Circular Economy Laboratory carries out teaching and research activities on the following topics: treatment and recycling of urban and industrial waste, recovery of secondary and critical raw materials from electronic waste and lithium ion batteries, production of biomethane from biomass, engineering applications of biochar and for agronomic uses. Experimental research activities are complemented by techno-economic and environmental up-scale analysis.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

• Biological and chemical fume hood with HEPA filter
• Distiller
• Technical, analytical and thermal scales
• Filter equipment with vacuum pump
• Hermle centrifuge Z206A
• Bandelin Sonorex Digiplus thermostatic ultrasonic bath DL514BH
• TCN30 stove (25-200°C) and muffle (25-1110°C)
• Carbolite Gero tube furnace (T max 1200°C) with nitrogen flow
• Refrigeration 215L and OxyTop for BOD5 analysis
• Thermoreactors for COD analysis
• SKI4 orbital thermoincubator (25-60°C)
• HEIDOLPH HeiVap rotary evaporator (20-210°C)
• Retsch MM200 ball mill
• Retsch MM500 ball mill with cryothermostat (-40°C-200°C)
• Retsch Centrifugal Blade Mill ZM300
• AL450 multidirect portable photometer for field analysis of water with colorimetric kits
• Onda UV-VIS Spectrophotometer UV30 Scan
• XRF Rigaku Nex DE VS spectrophotometer
• FTIR ThermoFisher Nicolet Summit X spectrophotometer with diamond and Germanium crystals
• Laboratory anaerobic digesters (0.25-0.5-1 L) for batch tests
• Laboratory anaerobic digester (3 L) for semi-continuous and continuous tests
• Optima 7 portable biogas analyser (CO2, CH4, O2, H2S)
• Draeger portable gas analysers (CO, CO2, H2, O2)
• 3 greenhouses (1.20x1.20x1.69 m) for cultivation trials with automatic irrigation system

Tipologia: Laboratorio didattico e di ricerca