Producing new products sustainably
One of the main aims of the Technology Center is to carry out bioprocesses to manufacture new products.
The aim is to use renewable raw materials as well as residual and waste materials from other processes in order to produce new products sustainably.
Students can plan, carry out and evaluate various process steps or sub-processes directly on the plant. They accompany the process with analytical methods in order to check its efficiency and quality.
Lab equipment
![[Translate to English:] Ausstattung des Labors](https://www.hs-furtwangen.de/fileadmin/_processed_/5/b/csm_med_thechnik01csm_Technikum_cd9d75d793_3e5b8bd852.jpg)
- Systems for carrying out biological processes: Bioreactors, various stirred tank reactors, multi-chamber fermenters, biogas reactors, incubators
- Equipment for raw material and product processing: membrane filtration, disc separator, homogeniser, agitator bead mill, adsorption, rectification, extraction,…
- Systems for special applications: Experimental setups for algae cultivation, shake flasks with online measurement technology, multi-(bio)reactors
- Process analysis laboratory (HPLC, laser diffraction particle analyser, ...)
- Modeling and simulation of biological processes
Implementation of biological processes
![[Translate to English:] Biologische Prozesse](https://www.hs-furtwangen.de/fileadmin/_processed_/5/0/csm_med_tech_bio01csm__DSC8257_9164088a33_a02aefafce.jpg)
Raw material and product processing
![[Translate to English:] Rohstoff- und Produktaufarbeitung](https://www.hs-furtwangen.de/fileadmin/_processed_/a/5/csm_med_tech_roh01csm_Tellerseparator_59570c87f5_44e00e1967.jpg)
The following equipment is available in the technical center for processing raw materials and products:
- Various mills
- Disc separator for continuous centrifugation
- Microfiltration plant
- Agitator bead mill
- High-pressure homogeniser
- Rectification plant, rotary evaporator,…
- Crystalliser
- Freeze dryer, spray dryer
- Mixer-settler plants
- Adsorption plants
- Ion exchangers
Special areas of application
![[Translate to English:] Spezielle Anwendungsgebiete](https://www.hs-furtwangen.de/fileadmin/_processed_/a/9/csm_med_tech_spez01csm__DSC8290_0e8399208a_f6d7c30f9a.jpg)
In-process analytics
![[Translate to English:] Prozessbegleitende Analytik](https://www.hs-furtwangen.de/fileadmin/_processed_/2/c/csm_med_tech_proz01csm_20191217_121227_160f7718ef_384b6994fe.jpg)
In addition to the general laboratory equipment, the Technical Center also has modern equipment for in-process analysis.
These include:
- HPLC systems (high pressure liquid chromatography)
- Gas chromatograph
- UV-Vis spectrometer
- Various systems for online data acquisition (pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, etc.)
- Various gas analysers for online measurement of gas components
- Process control system
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