AREAS OF EXPERTIES - LABORATORY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Laboratory was established for analytical and technological research and development work. Within its competency it offers the clients a wide range of services. In this area the Laboratory has been authorized by the Hungarian Accreditation Board as Testing Laboratory that complies with the criteria of MSZ EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard. The No. of the accreditation certificate is NAT-1-1378/2005.

Environmental protection analytics:

The accredited testing fields of the Laboratory are as follows:

• Chemical analysis of different types of water including drinking water, surface water, groundwater, industrial water and sewage water
• Environmental protection analysis of sewage water sludge, soils, wastes and their extractives, and the pre-treatment of these materials for testing
• Physicochemical and corrosion testing of anti-freeze engine coolants

The analytical methods applied:

• Potentiometry
• Gravimetry
• Corrosion tests
• UV-VIS spectrophotometry
• HPLC, LC/MS, GC, GC/MS
• ICP-OES

Mitigation of harm, waste treatment, elaboration of cost-competitive new technologies:

• Final disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB-s), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD-s, PCDF) by catalytic hydrogenation or moderate temperature thermal methods
• Processing of sewage water sludge with the utilization of its calorific value by a novel and dynamic method
• Design and construction of new, multi-channel cyanide monitoring systems for the continuous analysis of industrial water and the air space of huge workshops
• Solar desalination
• Solar assisted water purification

Corrosion prevention

• Investigation of the physical and chemical properties of paint coatings
• Clearing up the cause of the corrosion damages and elaboration prevention methods
• Gravimetric and electrochemical corrosion tests
• Study and characterization of inhibitor effects
• Development of inhibitor compositions for anti-freeze and cooling water systems