Welcome to Prof. Ajay K. Ray's Research Group on       "Engineering of Chemical Reactions & Processes"


 

Our Research Laboratories (Integrated Multifunctional Reactor-Separator & Band-Engineered Solar Photocatalysis labs) are equipped with a variety of experimental rigs, analytical devices, characterization equipment and instrumentation for synthesis, characterization, purification, analysis and evaluation of materials and nanomaterials including, pharmaceuticals, catalysts, adsorbents, etc.

Our Facilities are open to provide analytical and material testing services on industrial and research and development projects and also to promote research collaborations with industries. We have many instruments including TOC, GC, GCMS, HPLC, UV Spectrometer, Polarimeter, CD Detector, etc. and have access to many other state-of-the-art analytical and characterization facilities within the department, faculty and university.

Our knowledgeable technical staffs and researchers provide consistent, accurate and comprehensive analytical services in a friendly environment and at affordable rates.

List of equipment available in Prof. Ray's Lab:

  • UV – 3600 “SHIMADZU” UV – VIS – NIR SPECTROMETER
  • TOC “SHIMADZU” for Solids and Liquids,
  • TOC – V Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, SOLID SAMPLE MODULE SSM – 5000
  • GC – 2014 with TCD & ECD Detectors
  • GC - 2014 with TCD & FID
  • GC with FID & ECD Detectors – Agilent 7890 A Gas Chromatograph
  • GC – 2010 GCMS – QP 2010S Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer
  • HPLC Agilent Technologies 1200 Series
  • HPLC DIONEX ICS – 3000 Ion Chromatography System
  • POLARIMETER (AUTOPOL IV AUTOMATIC POLARIMETER)
  • Conductivity Meter and Conductivity Measuring Cell
  • Karl Fischer Titrator – METTLER TOLEDO DL31
  • Ozone Generator
  • Advanced Sonic Processing Systems

For information on standard charges for equipment available in Prof. Ray's lab, please Contact Us.




Equipment in Prof. Ray's lab:


Simulated Moving Bed (SMB)

Taylor Couette Reactor
TOC, for Solids and Liquids - SHIMADZU

GC with FID & ECD Detector


GC-2014 with FID, TCD & ECD Detectors

GC-2014 WITH TCD & FID Detectors

GCMS-QP2010S Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer -
SHIMADZU

HPLC - Ion Chromatography System -
DIONEX ICS - 3000

HPLC -
Agillent Technologies 1200 Series

Solar Simulator

UV-VIS-NIR Spectrometer-3600 - SHIMADZU

Autopol IV Automatic Polarimeter

Rotary Evaporator


Shaker Incubator S150 S170 S180

Karl Fisher Titrator -
METTLER TOLEDO DL31

Milli-Q MILLIPORE, Ultrafiltration -
Water Purification System

EASY PURE RODI, Water Purification System - BARNSTEAD

Advanced Sonic Processing System

Centrifuge - SORVALL LEGEND RT + THERMO SCIENTIFIC  
Conductivity Meter and Conductivity Measuring Cell

DIDITA-T Hot Plate Stirrer


OZONE GENERATOR -
Ozone Solutions TG-40

pH Meters

Harvey SterileMax Steam Sterilizer

Vacuum Oven


Dip coater


Shaker


30400 Thermolyne Furnace


NESLAB RTE - Refrigerated bath

Balance - METTLER TOLEDO

Drying Oven - BINDER

Thermolyne Furnace -
Thermo Scientific

Ultrasonic Cleaner - 5510 BRANSON

Ultrasonic Cleaner -
VWR B5500A-DTH

Ultrasonic Cleaners - Fisher Scientific

VWR Oven



Magnetic Stirrer MR Hei-Standard
Water Bath-VWR





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Contact Info

Ajay K. Ray, Ph.D., P. Eng

"Professor and Chair"

Chemical & Biochemical Eng.

Thomson Eng. Bld., Rm. 469

University of Western Ontario

London, ON N6A 5B9 Canada

Tel: 519 661 2111 Ext. 81279 Fax: 519 661 3498

Email: aray@eng.uwo.ca