Analyses
The LOCIE analysis platform consists of various types of devices designed to assess indoor air quality and characterize energy conversion processes using biological means (methanization, microbial fuel cells) or physical means (organic photovoltaics).
Devices
| Type | Name |
| Extraction/separation | Centrifuge |
| Rotary evaporator | |
| Kjeldahl | |
| Automatic multi-station Soxhlet extractor | |
| Chromatography | Gas chromatograph with catharometer detector |
| Gas chromatograph with FID detector | |
| HPLC diode array detector | |
| HPLC UV detector | |
| Electrochemistry | Electrophoresis apparatus |
| Voltage and current generators | |
| Potentiostat – Galvanostat | |
| Impedance spectrometer | |
| Miscellaneous | Water analysis (COD, BOD, etc.) |
| Total VOC analyzer + hydrogen generator | |
| Multiparameter analyzer (conductivity meter, pH meter, oximeter, etc.) | |
| Heated scale | |
| Precision scale | |
| GRIMM particle counter | |
| Climate chamber | |
| Set of aerobic digestion pilots (1 to 15L) | |
| Laminar flow hood | |
| Chilled mirror hygrometer | |
| Epifluorescence microscope | |
| Photometer – luminometer | |
| Respirometer | |
| Visible spectrophotometer |
Visualization
LOCIE has:
- a high-resolution 15MPix AVT GE4900 camera.
- high-power lighting devices.
- A PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) measurement bench consisting of a dual-pulse laser (DualPower 65-15) and a dual-frame 4MPix camera (FlowSense 4M). An automated laser and camera movement system allows relatively large areas to be examined with a high degree of precision. It is used in numerous applications to characterize fluid flows (water, air, etc.) by measuring velocity fields. Examples of applications: building aerodynamics ("double skin" walls, control of air flows in wood frame walls), natural convection in a closed cavity (boundary layer, thermal plume), green walls.
- a particle generator to seed the air with tracers.
- A macro lens for performing PIV in microfluidics (in microchannels).
- A laser tomography system that allows visualization of a cross-section in a fluid flow (Laser RayPower 2000 + Basler camera).
- An infrared thermography system that measures the temperature field of a surface remotely based on infrared light flux.
- two high-speed cameras.