As I move into true scientific research, the question of what equipment will I be using for an experiment has come up. As I am lacking a trained mentor and unpaid internship, I simply do not know all of the equipment necessary for bioethanol production, but here's what I do know.
- High Tech
- Chromatograph (For high performance
liquid chromatography or gas chromatography)
- pH Sensor (A high tech
alternative to testing strips, with variations for more than just pH)
- Computer (For research, analysis,
recording and publication)
- Centrifuge (To separate ethanol
from impurities or by-products)
- Distiller (To actually
begin the process of creating Bioethanol)
- Grinder (To grind a biomass into a feedstock)
- Filter (To separate
feedstock from irrelevant materials and wastes)
- Mass spectrometer (For
use in conjunction with chromatography for Gas Chromatography-Mass
Spectrometry)
- Bioreactor (Where
fermentation takes place)
- Low Tech
- Glassware (Easiest to
sanitize and reuse)
- Chemical Testing Strips
(Nitrogen, Copper, pH, etc.)
- Chemicals (For use as a
solvent and more)
- Enzymes (For enzymatic
methods of bioethanol production)
Not a very big list, but looking into each one will provide additional options and alternatives, while also providing me with much more information to use in planning my research.
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