What the facility does
Supports companies in developing new materials, chemicals, and scaled-up processes that are more environmentally friendly and healthier.
Areas of expertise
A research and technology transfer centre and a Canadian Technology Access Centre (TAC), Kemitek supports companies in their innovation projects in the fields of green chemistry and process scale-up. The centre collaborates with companies to support them in developing more environmentally responsible products and industrial processes.
Research services
- Chemical synthesis
- Development of chemical processes
- Scale-up of chemical processes
- Technical support (consultation, technology benchmarking, testing and analysis)
- Analyses and testing
- Technology development
- Field trials and simulations
- Technology assessment and validation
- Project management
- Regulatory guidance
- Early-stage business development
- Production of pre-commercial batches
- Scientific report writing
Sectors of application
- Agriculture, animal science and food
- Chemical industries
- Clean technology
- Energy
- Manufacturing and processing
- Mining, minerals and metals
- Professional and technical services (including legal services, architecture, engineering)
Specialized labs and equipment
| Specialized lab | Equipment |
|---|---|
| Test and analysis | Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) system |
| Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) system | |
| Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) system, Gas Chromatography with direct injection (COG-GC-FID) system and Liquid Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS) | |
| Infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) | |
| UV-visible spectrophotometer | |
| Friction measurement system (four-ball wear tester) | |
| Cloud and pour point analyzer | |
| Automatic and Brookfield viscometers | |
| Penetrometer | |
| Oxidative stability tester | |
| Flashpoint tester | |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy system | |
| Carbon residue tester | |
| Potentiostat | |
| Rancimat | |
| Rheometer | |
| Triple detector GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography) system | |
| Synthesis Lab | Parr pressurized reactor (2L) |
| Crystal probe | |
| Reaction calorimeter | |
| Rotating Pressure-Vessel Oxidation Test (RPVOT) equipment | |
| Rotary evaporator (2-20 L) | |
| Kugelrohr distillation apparatus | |
| Falling film evaporator | |
| Homogenizer | |
| Automated flash chromatography system | |
| Ultrasonic probe | |
| Microwave reactor | |
| Pilot plant | Chemical reactors (5 to 4,000 L) including a double planetary mixer (700 L) |
| Flow reactor (flow-chem) | |
| Fractionation/crystallization pilot unit | |
| Filter press, automatic discharge filter, vertical pressure Nutsche filter, filter bag, vertical pressure leaf filter (110 L) | |
| Wiped-film evaporator (40 and 150 kg/h) | |
| Pilot-scale Nutsche filter (1.5 m²) | |
| Pressurized Parr reactor / Hydrogenator (100 L) | |
| Basket centrifuge | |
| Fractional distillation column |