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Equipment

Dr. Wang’s laboratory is equipped with the following instruments:

  1. SHIMADZU liquid and solid TOC analyzers (TOC-LCSN, SSM-5000A)
  2. Coy Anaerobic Chamber, Type A, Vinyl
  3. Sartorius™ MA37 Moisture Analyzer
  4. Brookfield Engineer Labs LVDV2T VISCOMETER
  5. 16-Channel Flow Measuring AER-800 Aerobic/Anaerobic Respirometer System with Temp Control between 5-70 °C 
  6. QuantStudio® 3D Digital PCR
  7. Eppendorf RealPlex2 96 well Real-Time PCR System
  8. Eppendorf Centrifuge 5425
  9. NanoDrop One Microvolume UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
  10. Thermo Scientific TSX Series High Performance -20°C Manual Defrost Freezer
  11. Labconco Purifier Logic+ Class II A2 Biosafety Cabinets
  12. Labconco Benchtop FreeZone Legacy 2.5L Freeze-Dry Systems
  13. HANNA HI901C Automatic Potentiometric Titrator
  14. Thermo Scientific Thermolyne Muffle Furnace
  15. 1200°C Compact Split Tube Furnace w/ Vacuum Flanges & 2.36″ Tube, 110V – OTF-1200X-S 
  16. BioTek Synergy™ H1M microplate reader with top and bottom fluorescence intensity, UV-visible absorbance and luminescence detection, temperature control to 45ºC and shaking.
  17. Nikon Eclipse E200 EPI-Fluorescence Microscope
  18. Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer HORIBA LA-950
  19. Parr series 4600 1000 mL Non-stirred Pressure Vessel rated for 1900 psi at up to 225 °C
  20. Parr series 4700 22 mL Non-stirred Pressure Vessel rated for 1700 PSI at up to 300 °C
  21. Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph system with an autosampler and a Flame Ionization Detector (FID)
  22. HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph with an autosampler and a Flame Ionization Detector (FID)
  23. SHIMADZU  Gas Chromatograph-2014 with a Flame Photometric Detector (FPD) and a Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD)
  24. TurboVap® II Concentration Evaporator Workstation
  25. Two (2) Multi-Channel auto-sampling Model 305 Astoria-Pacific (A-P) continuous flow chemical analyzers.
  26. VWR Accu Sterilizer AS10NR
  27. -86°C Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer, Fisher Scientific, Isotemp 13 CF 115V
  28. Refrigerated Thermo Scientific Centrifuge Sorvall Legend X1R with F21-48X2 ml and F15 – 8X50 ml carbon fiber rotors and 15 ml conical adapters
  29. Refrigerated Thermo Scientific Sorvall Legend XF Centrifuge with a Fiberlite F15-8 x 50cy Fixed-Angle Rotor and a Fiberlite F21-48 x 2 Fixed-Angle Rotor, as well as adapters for 4X1000 ml and 15mL conical tubes 
  30. OI Model 1030 Total Carbon Analyzer equipped with autosampler
  31. Flash EA Model 112 Soil C-N Analyzer equipped with autosampler
  32. Dionex ICS 1000 Ion Chromatograph equipped with autosampler
  33. Turner Designs Model 700 Flourometer
  34. DR3900 Spectrophotometer with RFID
  35. AutoTrace Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) organics concentration device
  36. OFITE Capillary Suction Timer
  37. Floor-scale anaerobic digesters
  38. Column bioreactors
  39. Volute Dewatering Press PWTech model ES-501
  40. CF016 Cell Assembly, Forward Osmosis, PTFE (CF016P-FO)
  41. 2L Jacketed Glass Reactor Reaction Vessel 100w Digital 0-1200r/min Chemical Lab
  42. Two (2) EXO3 Sonde with a Wiped Conductivity/Temperature Sensor, a Turbidity Sensor, a Optical DO Sensor, and a NitraLED UV Nitrate Sensor
  43. AmmoLyt Plus Ammonium probe complete w/Reference Electrode and System 282 IQ SensorNet Controller
  44. Cambi  5L Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment (THP) System