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The Centre for Environmental Research has a full fledge laboratory (about 1000 Sq. ft.) to conduct Physico-Chemical Characteristics of water and waste water, heavy metals, hazardous waste, ambient air quality and noise level.

Sr. No.	Name of Instrument/ Equipment	Quantity	Range and Accuracy
			Minimum	Maximum
1	High Volume Sampler (RDS)(Envirotech- Vayubodhan)	1	0.9 m3/min	1.4 m3/min
2	High Volume Sampler, PM2.5 and PM10 (Yash, Baroda)	3	2 µg/m3	200 µg/m3
3	Fine Particulate Sampler for PM 2.5 & PM 10 (Envirotech)	1	2 µg/m3	200 µg/m3
4	Stack Monitoring Kit(Envirotech-vayubodhan)	1	PM- 0 LPM Gas- 0 LPM	PM- 30 LPM Gas- 3 LPM
5	UV Visible Spectrophotometer(EIE, Ahmedabad)	1	190 nm	960 nm
6	HQ40D Dual Input Digital Multi Parameter with DO, pH/ORP & TDS/Conductivity Sensors (HACH,USA)	1	DO-0.1 ppm Condu-0.001µs/cm TDS - 0 mg/l pH- 2 Temp - 10 °C	DO-200 ppm Condu-200 µs/cm TDS - 50000mg/l pH- 14 Temp - 110 °C
7	BOD Incubator (EIE)	1	5 °C	60 °C
8	COD Digester (EIE) & COD cooling tank	1	Ambient to	200 °C
9	Sound Level Meter (Envirotech)	1	34 dB	134 dB
10	Digital Nephlo Turbidity meter (EIE)	1	0 NTU	1000 NTU
11	Bomb Calorimeter (EIE)	1	2325 cal/g	10000 cal/g
12	Dhona Weight Balance	1	0.1 mg	200 g
13	Electronic Weighing Balance	1	0.001 mg	200 g
14	Oven	1	Ambient	250 °C
15	Muffle Furnace	1	Ambient	1200 °C
16	Heating Mental	1	-	500 ml
17	Distilled Water Assembly	1	-	4 L
18	Aquarium	1	-	-
19	TDS Analyzer	1	1 ppm	100 ppt
20	Microscope 2	1	-	-
21	Kjeldahl Digester	1	Ambient	100 °C
22	Kjeldahl Distillation Unit	1	Ambient	100 °C
23	Hot Plate	1	Ambient	200 °C
24	Soxhlet Extraction Apparatus	1	-	-
25	Uniphos Handy Pump kit	1	-	-
26	Thermocouple	1	50 °C	750 °C
27	Thermometer	1	-10 °C	110 °C
28	Stirrer- Flocculator	1	1 RPM	160 RPM
29	Water Bath	1	Ambient	100 °C
30	Air Pump	1	0	1hp
31	Refrigerator(Godrej)	1	-	-
32	Handy Velocity kit	1	0 °C - 2 m/s	600 °C - 100 m/s
33	Fire Extinguisher (Safety King)	1	-	-
34	Thermo electrically cooled Gas Sampling Attachment	1	15	Ambient
35	Magnetic Stirrer with hot plate	1	400 rpm	2400 rpm
36	Microbalance (citizen)	1	1 µg	5 gm
37	Portable Gas Sampler (PEM-PGS 1B)	1	0.3 LPM	3 LPM
38	Fume Hood	1	-	-
39	Temperature & Humidity indicator	1	-	-
Apart from the conventional instrumentation, Vidyabharti Trust has procured various sophisticated instruments to fulfill the demand of R & D, utilized for industry sponsored projects. Details of such instruments are listed herewith:
40	Gas chromatograph (Trace GC 600), Thermo-scientific	1	-	-
41	Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS)- (AA 301) Thermo-scientific	1	-	-
42	HPLC (Shimadzu)	1	-	-
43	Infrared Moisture Balance	1	0%	100%
44	Bulk density apparatus	1	0	100 ml
45	Quick Freezer	1	-40	Ambient Temp.
46	Micro centrifuge (cooling)	1	-15	Ambient Temp.
47	Water Bath incubator with shaker	1	5°C	100 °C
48	Micro-wave Oven	1	Ambient	120 °C
49	Brookfield Viscometer	1	5 ml	400 ml
50	FTIR (Shimadzu)	1	2.5 um	25 um
51	UV Visible Spectrophotometer	1	190 nm	1100 nm

Laboratory Up gradation:

In order to acquire the technical competence of a laboratory, in terms of confidence in testing, better control of laboratory operations and to establish Quality Assurance System, organization has been accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratory (NABL) for testing of following Parameters.

List of Method / Procedure followed for Analysis of Water & Waste Water

Sr. No.	List of Parameters	MinimumSpecification Standards (Technique) used	Maximum Range of Testing Limit
1	Colour	IS: 3025 (Part – 4) – 1983 Pt-co. Method (Reaffirmed 2012)	2 to 99 Co-Pt units
2	Temperature	IS: 3025 (Part – 9) – 1984 (Reaffirmed 2002)	2 °C to 99 °C
3	pH Value	IS: 3025 (Part – 11) – 1983 (Electrometric Method) (Reaffirmed 2002)	1 to 14 pH units
4	Total Solids	IS 3025 (Part 15) (1984, Reaffirmed 2003)	5–1000 mg/l
5	Total Suspended Solids	IS 3025 (Part 17) (1984, Reaffirmed 1996)	5–1000 mg/l
6	Total Dissolved Solids	IS 3025 (Part 16) (1984, Reaffirmed 2006)	5–1000 mg/l
7	Total Hardness	IS 3025 (Part 21) (2009)	5–1000 mg/l
8	Dissolved Oxygen	IS 3025 (Part 38) (1989, Reaffirmed 2003)	0.2 to 15 mg/l
9	Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)	IS: 3025 (Part – 44) – 1993 (Electrometric Method) (Reaffirmed 2003)	5 to 1000 mg/l
10	Oil & Grease	IS 3025 (Part 39) (1991, Reaffirmed 2003)	0.5 to 100 mg/l
11	Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)	IS 3025 (Part 58) (2006)	1 mg/l & above
12	Ammonical Nitrogen	IS 3025 (Part 34) (1988, Reaffirmed 2009)	0.2-12 mg/l
13	Nitrate Nitrogen	IS 3025 (Part 34) (1988, Reaffirmed 2009)	2 - 25 μg/l
14	Nitrite Nitrogen	IS 3025 (Part 34) (1988, Reaffirmed 2009)	0.1 - 5 mg/l
15	Nickel	IS 3025 (Part 54) (2003)	1 -1000 mg/l
16	Lead	IS 3025 (Part 47) (1994, Reaffirmed 2009)	0.5 – 1000 mg/l
17	Arsenic	IS 3025 (Part 37) (1988, Reaffirmed 2003)	0.05-10 mg/l
18	Mercury	IS 3025 (Part 48) (1994, Reaffirmed 2003)	0.02-10 mg/l

List of Method / Procedure followed for Analysis of Solid Waste

Test No.	List of Parameters	Specification Standards (Technique) used	Range of Testing Limit
1	Loss on dying	ASTME 1868 – 10	0 – 90 %
2	Loss on ignition	ASTME 7348 – 13	-
3	Calorific value	ASTME d2015	>3000 Cal/gm
4	Proximate Analysis	ASTME d5142 - 02a	-

List of Method / Procedure followed for Analysis of Air Gas & Atmosphere

Test No.	List of Parameters	Specification standards (Technique) used
1	Suspended particular matter (SPM)	IS 5182 (Part 04) (1999, Reaffirmed 2010)
2	Repairable Suspended particular matter (RSPM)	IS 5182 (Part 23) (2006, Reaffirmed 2012)
3	Sulphur dioxide(SOx)	IS 5182 (Part 02) (2001, Reaffirmed 2012)
4	Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx)	IS 5182 (Part 06) (2006)
5	PM 2.5	CPCB manual (Vol. 1.1, may - 2011)

List of Method / Procedure followed for Analysis of emission of Stack

List of parameter	Specification standards  (Technique) used	Range of Testing Limit
Particulate matter	IS 11255 (Part 01) (1995, Reaffirmed 2012)	>10 mg/Nm3
Sulphur dioxide (SOx)	IS 11255 (Part 02) (1995, Reaffirmed 2009	>4 mg/Nm3
Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx)	IS 11255 (Part 07) (2005, Reaffirmed 2012)	>5 mg/Nm3