In the Environmental Engineering laboratory experimental activities regarding national and international research projects, research contracts for providing scientific and technical support to public agencies and public or private companies are carried out. In particular, the laboratory is specialized in the following activities:
- Physico-chemical and environmental characterization of water, soil, sediments and various types of materials among which municipal solid and industrial waste and process and treatment residues;
- Feasibility testing of physico-chemical treatment processes applied to soil, sediments and other types of materials aimed at the removal or immobilization of organic and/or inorganic pollutants and at the valorisation of the final products.
Contact Person: Alessia Falsetti
Main instrumentation
- Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) (Agilent, 5800) equipped with an auto-sampler (Varian, SPS3)
- Gas cromatograph with a single quadrupole MS detector + FID (Shimadzu, QP2010 SE) equipped with an auto-sampler for head-space, SPME and liquid injection analysis (Shimadzu, AOC-500 plus)
- CHNOS analyser equipped with an auto-sampler (Thermo Scientific, OES-FLASH 2000)
- Ion chromatograph (Thermo Scientific, Dionex ICS-1100) equipped with an auto-sampler (Thermo Scientific, Dionex AS-DV)
- Total organic carbon (TOC) analyser (Shimadzu, TOC-VCPH) equipped with an auto-sampler (Shimadzu, SSM-5000A)
- Dynamic adiabatic respirometer (Costech, 3024)
- UV/VIS spectrophotometer(1880S Double beam)
- Refrigerated centrifuge(Thermo Scientific, SL 16R)
- Vibratory disc mill with a steel milling set for avoiding metal contamination (Retsch, RS200)
- PC-controlled set-up for percolation column tests - 6 positions (ROHASYS)
