Bio-Industrial Process Research Centre (BPRC)

What the facility does

Collaborates with industrial partners to support the development of bio focused technologies and processes

Areas of expertise

As a Technology Access Centre (TAC), the Bio-Industrial Process Research Centre (BPRC) collaborates with industrial partners to support the development of new and optimization of existing bio focused technologies and processes. The BPRC provides access to expertise and state of the art facilities to conduct technical services, applied research and customized training for biotechnology companies in support of building the Canadian bioeconomy.

Located at Lambton College's Centre of Excellence for Energy and Bioindustrial Technologies, the BPRC has over $5M in infrastructure located in a Fermentation Lab, Bio Analytical Lab, Material Testing Lab and Material Processing Lab. In addition, the BPRC provides pilot plant space as well as access to experienced research leads, researcher associates, research assistants and research students.

Research services

Fermentation and Distillation
Biofuels, Biochemicals and Biomaterials
Pharmaceutical and Natural Health Products
Instrumentation and Process Control
Cultivation, Extraction and Chemical Analysis

Sectors of application

Agriculture, animal science and food

Clean technology

Energy

Environmental technologies and related services

Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment

Specialized labs and equipment

Specialized lab	Equipment	Function
Fermentation Lab	Small to large (40 L) fermentation reactors with online LC-MS and FTIR	LC-MS (Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer) FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
Fermentation Lab	Post fermentation processing separation unit
Fermentation Lab	Biofuel Process Test Platform
Fermentation Lab	Biochemical Crystallization Test Platform
Fermentation Lab	Distillation equipment
Bio Analytical Lab	High Performance Liquid Chromatography – Time of Flight (HPLC-TOF) High Performance Liquid Chromatography – Refractive Index Detectors/Diode Array Detector (HPLC-RID/DAD) Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-MS) Gel Permeation Chromatography – Size Exclusion Chromatography (GPC/SEC) Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Gas Chromatography – Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID) Ion Chromatography (Dionex™ IC)	Chromatography
Bio Analytical Lab	Elemental Analyzer CNHS/O Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) Microwave Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (MP-AES) Ultra-Violet Visible, Near Infrared Radiation (UV/Vis/NIR) Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
Material Testing Lab	Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) Ash Fusion Oven	Thermal
Material Testing Lab	IZOD Impact Tester Tensile Analyzer Elongations Analyzer Particle Size Analyzer Hydraulic Press	Mechanical
Material Testing Lab	Rheological Dynamic Analyzer Anton Parr Viscometer Brookfield Viscometer	Rheology
Material Testing Lab	Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy with Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM-EDX) Digital and Optical Microscopes	Microscopy
Material Processing Lab	Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy with Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM-EDX) Digital and Optical Microscopes	Microscopy
Material Processing Lab	Twin and Single Screw Extruders	Extrusion
Material Processing Lab	Xplore Micro Compounder Milling Unit	Compounding
Material Processing Lab	Kawaguchi KM 50 Injection Moulding Machine Xplore Injection Moulder	Injection Moulding

Additional information

Title	URL
Lambton College BPRC	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxcEAMEupAg
Researcher at BPRC – Samantha Tagliabracci	https://bit.ly/31QWT2P