Facilities
Shared Research Center Biorizon has state-of-the-art facilities at its disposal. The facilities can be found at the following locations:
VITO in Mol
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
![Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)](https://www.biorizon.eu/images/uploads/_one-four/Differential_scanning_calorimetry_%28dsc%29.png)
DSC measures temperatures and heat flows associated with thermal transitions in a material.
VITO in Mol
Small scale reactor set
![Small scale reactor set](https://www.biorizon.eu/images/uploads/_one-four/Small_scale_reactor_set.png)
This small scale reactor set with mechanical overhead stirrer allows to perform viscous reactions which cannot be performed using a magnetic stirring bar. This set-up allows closed reactions in vacuum and in inert atmosphere.
Green Chemistry Campus, Bergen op Zoom
PYRENA-PYPO: Continuous Pyrolysis Pilot for Biobased Additives & Aromatics
The PYRENA-PYPO equipment is a continuous pyrolysis pilot unit consisting of a 5-10 kg/h (input basis) pyrolyzer, known as PYRENA, with a closely coupled unit, known as PYPO, for fractionated recovery of the pyrolysis vapours.
Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op Zoom
Continuous Hydrogenation Skid
![Continuous Hydrogenation Skid](https://www.biorizon.eu/images/uploads/_one-four/Continuous_Hydrogenation_Reactor.jpg)
This skid will enable conversion of the products of the Continuous Biphasic Reactor Skid into the production of several furanic feedstocks for Continuous Flow Diels-Alder Skid, as well as several pseudo-aromatic products (such as hexahydrophthalic anhydride derivates) on the multi-hundreds to kilogram per day scale (skid throughput of 0.1-1kg/hr. This skid will be delivered in Q1 2020.
Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op Zoom
Batch Vacuum Distillation Unit
![Batch Vacuum Distillation Unit](https://www.biorizon.eu/images/uploads/_one-four/20L_Distillation_Set-Up_kopie.jpg)
This unit will enable both solvent and reagent recovery and recycling, as well as being suitable for the purification of the bio(pseudo)aromatic products.
TNO in Delft
1L/3.75L Batch Autoclaves
![1L/3.75L Batch Autoclaves](https://www.biorizon.eu/images/uploads/_one-four/4L_%283.75L%29_Autoclave_.png)
These units allow for the production of a range of products on the hundred gram-scale in processes which require high-pressure processing. This allows for the production of samples for application testing while continuous skids are designed and constructed for the specific steps.