Kemitek’s mission is to help organizations to innovate in the fields of sustainable chemistry, green chemistry and process scale-up, while actively contributing to the continued existence of a regional centre of excellence of international reach.
Kemitek accompanies you from the idea to the marketed product through research and development services, technical assistance, testing, consulting, piloting and pre-commercial manufacturing.
Kemitek’s expertise include organic synthesis chemistry, formulation, development of chemical products and processes, process scaling and green chemistry.
Its equipment includes a synthesis laboratory, analysis laboratory and process control plant.
Médias
Secteurs d'activités
- Daily algae: biomaterial sweeteners
- Development of a new green product for wood treatment
- Development of a selective oxidation process of oleic acid for the production of two high added value derivatives: azelaic acid and pelargonic acid
- Development of an oleochemical polyurethane
- Development of lubricants for formwork
- Development of waterproofing coatings for the green building sector
- Extraction of oils in marine algae
- Improvement of biodiesel formulations to increase oxidative stability
- Optimization of biodiesel production
- Scaling of active ingredient extraction processes for the nutraceutical sector
- Study of the use of oleochemical plasticizers for polyethylene recycling
- 1H and 13C NMR
- Automated flash point
- Automated titrator
- Deflagration pilot plant
- Bag filter, press filter, vessel with filtering bottom, vertical filter press, Nutsche filter, automatic cleaning filter
- Basket centrifuge
- Capacitors
- Cold fractionation pilot plant
- Compressed air, steam, inert gas, chilled water and vacuum systems
- Decanter (110 L)
- Grain press
- Stainless steel reactors (20L, 120L, 200L, 400L and 800L, 600 psig maximum)
- “Wiped film” distillation pilot plant
- DSC / TGA
- Four-Ball friction and wear test
- FTIR
- GC-FID
- GC-MS + headspace
- HPLC, GPC-MS with fraction collector
- Kinetic and Brookfield viscometer
- Parr high pressure reactor (2L)
- Penetrometer
- Pour and automated cloud point
- Rancimat / RPVOT
- Rotary evaporator (20L)
- UV-visible
- 835, rue Mooney Ouest, Thetford Mines, G6G 0A5
- 418 338-1318
- David Berthiaume
- General Manager
- 418 338-1318, ext. 223
- dberthiaume@kemitek.org
- Alain Tremblay
- Scientific Director
- 418 338-1318, ext. 224
- atremblay@kemitek.org
