Analysis
LOCIE's analysis platform comprises various types of equipment designed to assess indoor air quality and characterize energy conversion processes, whether biological (methanization, microbial cells) or physical (organic photovoltaics).
Devices
| Type | Name |
| Extraction/separation | Centrifuge |
| Rotary evaporator | |
| Kjeldahl | |
| Soxhiet automatic multi-station | |
| Chromatography | Gas chromatograph detector Catharometer |
| Gas chromatograph FID detector | |
| HPLC diode array detector | |
| HPLC UV detector | |
| Electrochemistry | Electrophoresis kit |
| Voltage and current generators | |
| Potensiostat - Galvanostat | |
| Impedance spectrometer | |
| Miscellaneous | Water analysis (COD, BOD, etc.) |
| Total VOC analyzer + hydrogen generator | |
| Multi-parameter analyzer (conductivity meter, PH meter, oximeter, etc.) | |
| Heated scale | |
| Precision scales | |
| GRIMM particle counter | |
| Climatic chamber | |
| Aerobic anaerobic digestion pilot set (1 to 15L) | |
| Laminar flow hood | |
| 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 comprising a dual-pulse laser (DualPower 65-15) and a 4MPix double-frame camera (FlowSense 4M). An automated system for moving the laser and camera enables relatively large areas to be examined with the utmost precision. It is used in many applications to characterize fluid flows (water, air, etc.) by measuring velocity fields. Examples of applications: building aeraulics ("double skin" walls, air flow control in wood-frame walls), natural convection in a closed cavity (boundary layer, thermal plume), vegetated wall.
- a particle generator to seed the air with tracer.
- a macro lens for microfluidic PIV (in microchannels).
- a laser tomography system to visualize a cross-section in a fluid flow (RayPower 2000 laser + Basler camera).
- an infrared thermography system for measuring the temperature field of a surface at a distance from the infrared luminous flux.
- two high-speed cameras.