Our laboratory in the field of waste management and resource management focuses on inorganic analytics. We primarily engage in the characterization of materials resulting from anthropogenic processes within waste management. Our mission is to provide reliable analytical results and develop new methods for this purpose.

Our three areas of activity:

- Execution of our own research projects
- Contract analytics with research relevance for universities as well as private enterprises
- Education for students

Overview of our service portfolio:

•  Sampling and sample preparation

•  Analytical-instrumental equipment

Device list

Inventory of laboratory equipment (pdf), opens a file in a new window

Poster

(Micro)plastic determination (pdf), opens a file in a new window

Determination of the climate relevance of refuse-derived fuels (pdf), opens a file in a new window

Characterization of waste incineration residues and construction waste (pdf), opens a file in a new window

Analysis of heterogeneous (waste) mixtures (pdf), opens a file in a new window

Determination of the climate relevance of substitute fuels:
Adapted balance method (aBM)

Refuse derived fuels usually contain plastic waste (fossil-based) but also biogenic waste components (paper, wood, etc.). The fossil (climate-relevant) CO2, which is produced during incineration in industrial or waste incineration plants, can be determined in a simple and cost-effective way using our method (adapted balance method) based on elemental analysis. The method has been validated, opens an external URL in a new window and has already been applied to a number of substitute fuels.

 

Determination of the plastic content in environmental samples:
Elemental Analysis Overdetermined Equation Method (EA-OEM)

Our in-house developed methodology - Elemental Analysis Overdetermined Equation Method (EA-OEM) - enables us to carry out (micro)plastic analyses and determine the mass-related proportion of plastics. A broad particle size spectrum (5mm to 10 µm) can be covered. So far, we have experience with microplastic determination in industrial wastewater, opens an external URL in a new window, sewage treatment plant effluent, compost and have participated in a round robin test.