Testing of Waste Materials and Solutions

Any waste generated can generally be classified under the organic and inorganic categories. One of the current researches in the department include possibilities of recycling waste materials as an alternative for building construction materials.

The department is also working on deriving the value-added products from e-waste and tannery waste. Additional areas include safe incineration of tannery waste.

The department offers consultancy services for similar works as mentioned above and these services can be sought at nominal charges. We have a number of assisting facilities regarding the same and some of them has been described below.

Key Facilities

  • Carbolite Ashing Furnace AAF-BAL with Carbolite Gero 301 PID Controller - One of the most common applications for laboratory chamber furnaces is to heat combustible samples in order to analyze the resulting ash residue. The AAF-BAL Ashing Furnace is fitted with an integral balance and can be used for loss on ignition (LOI) applications. Weight change of the sample is monitored during the heating process and this is required, for example, in the determination of organic matter content in materials such as sediment, sludge, soil and waste. Inorganic materials such as cement, lime, calcinated bauxite and refractories can also be tested. Max temp: 1100 deg. Objective: Incineration of waste.
  • Labtherm Tubular Furnace - Tubular furnaces can be used for thermolysis reactions, involving either organic or inorganic reactants under required atmosphere (O2 or N2 or Argon) which flow through the tube. Here, quartz or alumina tube is the working chamber. Max temp: 1400 deg.
  • Retsch Cutting Mill SM 300 - Cutting mills are suitable for the grinding of soft, medium-hard, tough, elastic, fibrous, and heterogeneous mixes of products like aluminum slag, animal feed, bones, cables, cardboard, electronic components, feed pellets, foils, food, leather, lignite, material mixtures, non-ferrous metals, paper, PET preforms, pharmaceutical products, plant materials, plastic toys, plastics, polymers, refuse derived fuels, resins, rubber, spices, straw, textiles, waste, wood. Objective: Size reduction of the waste from 6mm, 4mm, 2mm. 1mm, 0.75mm.0.5mm, 0.25mm.
  • Shimadzu Thermal Weighing Balance MOC63u -It supports moisture content determination for a wide variety of applications in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, and mineral fields..

Contact

Dr. G. Swaminathan
Professor (HAG)
Civil Engineering Department
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli - 620015
Email: gs@nitt.edu
*Faculty member rendering service from Allied Department

Dr. M. Premalatha
Professor
Department of Energy and Environment
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli - 620015
Email: latha@nitt.edu
Office No: +91 - 431 – 2503135