Lead Partner

• Compressed air

• Process water (equal to tap water)

• 3x electrical outlet

• 2x ethernet connection

• Three-phase electric power

Project space ZAP (approx. 10m2)

infrastructure and equipment• Ventilation

• Point Ventilation

• Data acquisition/communication via control room

• Internet

• Cooling cells

• Gasses (compressed air, nitrogen, other gasses available on request)

• Elevator

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FACTSHEETInnovation hall ZAPThe Zernike Advanced Processing (ZAP)-facility is a semi-industrial learning and working environment wherein knowledge institutions and small & medium-sized businesses can work together to create innovative solutions for the biobased economy.Entrepreneurs can turn to ZAP for answers to a wide variety of research questions in the area of green chemistry and bioprocess technology. At ZAP, ideas and processes can be scaled up to a proof of concept (TRL 4-6) in order to test the market potential of a product.

• Process hall

• ZAP project laboratory

• QA-lab

• ZAP hothouse

• Preprocessing area

• Control room

• Storage

• Project spaces

• Office space

• Shower

Spaces ZAP

Zernike Advanced Processing (ZAP)-facility has all the technical equipment and licences that are needed for reseach in the field of green chemistry and bioprocess technology. When hiring a project space at ZAP, all the necessary licences are already arranged for you.

Licences ZAP

Made-to-measure adjustmests are possible in consulltation.

Preprocessing area• Desiccation stove up to 300 degrees Celsius

• Balance up to 600 kg

• Pallet scale up to 2000 kg

• Retsch SM300 cutting mill

• VacuümZAP project laboratory

• 1x GCMS-QP2020 Shimadzu

• 1x LCMS-8040 Shimadzu

• 2x HPLC

• Kugelrohr (short-path vacuum distillation

apparatus)

• Preparative LC system Shimadzu

• Millipore and demineralised water

• pH meter

• Gas connections

• Vacuum Heating and Drying Oven up to 200 degree

Celsius

• Refrigerated centrifuge up to max 4 x 250 ml

• Balance up to 3,5 kg

• Analytical balance up to 220 g

• Moisture analyser up to 160 g

• UV-VIS 190-900 nm

• Hand-held refractometer 1.3300-1.5318 nD

• Leica microscope DM750

QA-lab

ZAP Groningen is a partnership of:

This project is co-funded by the Northern Nederlands Provinces (SNN), spatial economic programme.

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Biomass processing & storage Laboratory

Zernike Advances Processing (ZAP)

Bio-reaction desiccation - concentration

Synthesis Modification Reprocessing - purification - separation

Control room QA laboratory

Biobased processes & products

Biomass

• Biorefinery

• Bioconversion-fermentation

• Smart processing

• GC-MS, GC-FID/TCD (gas chromatography)

• LC-MS, LC-DAT/UV-VIS/Fluor (liquid chromatography)

• Multi Membrane Test Unit (MMTU)

Green chemistry and bioprocess technology • IC (ion chromatography)

• UV-VIS (fotospectrometry)

• Fluorometer

• AES en AAS (metals)

• IR (infrared)

• Density meter

• Polarimeter

• Determining the melting point

• Refractive index

• Oil press OW510 S-inox

• Destillation setup (suited for continual and batch destillation (10L) and Soxhlet extraction)

4x lab table with:

• Gasses

• Vacuum

• Analytical balance up to 200 g

• Balance up to 510 g

• Balance up to 5,5 kg

4x fume hood with:

• Water

• Gasses

• Vacuum