Computational Modelling
Calculation infrastructure for molecular simulation, property prediction and process modelling.
Open laboratoryLaboratories
Seven spaces, one technical chain.
The laboratories support modelling, synthesis, characterisation, food studies, supercritical processing and scale up. Projects often move between several spaces as a question develops.
The facilities
From a calculation to a pilot run.
A research centre needs more than equipment. It needs a sequence in which a model, a sample, a measurement and a process can be compared. The centre's laboratories are arranged to support that sequence, with shared analytical capacity and a pilot area for work that has outgrown the bench.
Each laboratory has a defined technical role and a technical lead. Some projects use a single space; others move from computational screening to synthesis, then to characterisation and finally to a pilot trial. The laboratory pages describe what each space is for and the methods it supports.
Laboratory index
Choose a space by the question you need to answer.
Each page describes the purpose of the laboratory, the methods it supports and the research lines it serves.
Gas Reactivity
Volumetric and gravimetric study of gas adsorption and reactivity over a wide pressure and temperature range.
Open laboratoryGreen Energy
Fuel cell testing, electrochemical characterisation and water treatment process development.
Open laboratoryIndustrial Scaling
A pilot area for extraction, distillation and fractioning at semi industrial scale.
Open laboratoryAgri Food
Modified atmosphere packaging, shelf life studies and high CO2 treatment for stored products.
Open laboratoryNanotechnology
Imaging, spectroscopy, thermal analysis and mechanical testing at the nanoscale.
Open laboratorySupercritical Fluids
High pressure reactors, view cells and a pilot plant for dense CO2 processing.
Open laboratoryLab spaces
A summary of the physical spaces, their size and the kind of work each can accommodate.
Lab spaces