ZAP Groningen Education and research facility
ZAP Groningen
Innovation hall Chemport IndustryCampus
Education and research in ZAP Groningen:
Fundamental Science: Practice is subordinate to the theory Applied Science: Practice is supportive of the theory Vocational Education: Theory is supportive of practiceFor education and (applied) research
Research hall Laboratory
Processing & Storage Green house
Goals:
• Scaling up labresults (post lab level) • Valorization of biomass
• Making the processes of upscaling and valorization more effective and efficient
• Deliver more and better equipped people for this region – by renewing education
• Be the place to be for young starters
• Becoming a place where business and knowledge institutions meet, work together in projects and learn from each other
• Being the ‘hotspot’ where companies want to demonstrate their devices and knowledge
Green house
ZAP Research hall Storage
Multipurpose reaction and separation unit • Reaction – synthesis • Extraction ( S-L / L-L ) • Evaporation (concentrating) • Distillation (batch) • Crystallisation
Pilot membrane filtration
• Microfiltration (MF): separation of bacteria, yeast • Ultra filtration (UF): separation macromolecules:
sugars, proteins, enzymes
• Nano filtration (NF): separation of sugars, e.g. lactose • Reversed Osmosis (RO): separation of salts, heavy
metals
QA laboratory
- HPLC / GC
- Spectrophotometer (UV-VIS) - Moisture balance - Refractometer - Vacuum oven - Ash oven - Lab centrifuge - Autoclave - Walk in fume hood
Exploitation:
‘Rent a Box (RAB) - model’
• With or without equipment • With or without assistance
from the ZAP partners • For projects or
demonstrations
• At a fair market price
Benefits
• Free use of test-labs, meeting rooms, reception, toilets, parking space,
cafeteria, storage rooms
• Easily accessible area, proof of concept / showcase environment
• Proximity to knowledge institutions • Part of a kind of marketplace where
cross pollination takes place
