CO2 Research and Green Technologies Centre

• Analysis of Solids, liquids, and gasses
• Identification of components of an unknown mixture
• Identification of inorganic and organic compounds

Useful for multiple disciplines of research such as environmental, chemical, petrochemical, food, forensic, pharmaceutical, and material testing.

Room No.: NA
Ground floor
CO2 Research & Green technologies Centre

Dr. J. Ranjitha & Dr. S. Vijayalakshmi
Assistant Professors
CO2 Research & Green Technologies Centre
VIT, Vellore, 632014.
Email:co2.ftir@vit.ac.in

Data available from 2015 to till date

Researchers working in Solar Energy PV forecasting, Building, Cold storage, Agriculture, Wind Energy.

Room No: Open Terrace
Second floor
CO2 Research & Green technologies Centre

Dr. G. Praveenkumar
Assistant Professor (Sr.)
CO2 Research & Green Technologies Centre
VIT, Vellore, TN-632014.
Email: co2.weastat@vit.ac.in
Phone: 0416 2202506

Wavelength

• Range of 200 to 1100 nm
• Accuracy of +/- 1 nm
• Repeatability: +/- 0.5
• Bandwidth of 2.0

Photometric

• Range of -0.3 to 2.5 Abs 0-100% T
• Accuracy of +/- 0.005 Abs at 1 Abs
• Repeatability: +/- 0.002 Abs at 1 Abs
• Stray light less than 0.1% at 220nm & 370nm

Useful for multiple research disciplines such as environmental, chemical, petrochemical, food, forensic, pharmaceutical, and material testing.

Room No.: NA
First floor
CO2 Research & Green technologies Centre

Dr. J. Ranjitha & Dr. S. Vijayalakshmi
Assistant Professors
CO2 Research & Green Technologies Centre
VIT, Vellore, 632014.
Email:co2.pc@vit.ac.in
Phone: 0416 2202505

Range 0 to 1000 NTU

Used to measure the haziness or cloudiness in a liquid medium such as water, solutions, beverages like wine, beer, and soft drinks, and solid medium like window glass or translucent glass

Room No.: NA
First floor
CO2 Research & Green technologies Centre

Dr. G. Velvizhi
Associate Professor
CO2 Research & Green Technologies Centre
VIT, Vellore, TN-632014.
Email: co2.uv@vit.ac.in
Phone: 0416 220 2503

Range: 0 to 1000 mg/l

Used to measure organic pollutant in water and waste water Useful for multiple disciplines of research such as physics, chemistry, material science, metallurgy, biology, nanotechnology and nano-science

Room No: Open Terrace
Second floor
CO2 Research & Green technologies Centre

Dr. G. Velvizhi
Associate Professor
CO2 Research & Green Technologies Centre
VIT, Vellore, TN-632014.
Email: co2.cod@vit.ac.in
Phone: 0416 220 2503

Range 0 to 1000 NTU

Used to measure the haziness or cloudiness in a liquid medium such as water, solutions, beverages like wine, beer, and soft drinks, and solid medium like window glass or translucent glass

Room No.: NA
First floor
CO2 Research & Green technologies Centre

Dr. G. Velvizhi
Associate Professor
CO2 Research & Green Technologies Centre
VIT, Vellore, TN-632014.
Email: co2.cod@vit.ac.in
Phone: 0416 220 2503

Capabilities

• Continuous reactor
• Operating Temperature ambient to 1000 °C
• Holding time from 3 sec to 60 min
• Bio oil, Bio char and Syngas

Sample Requirements

• Fast pyrolysis (bio-oil): < 2 mm (ideally 0.5–2 mm) (Bio Oil, B
• Slow/char/torrefaction style pyrolysis: 1–30 mm
• Large pieces / chunks: up to ~40–50 mm

• Converts agricultural residues (rice husk, bagasse, corn stover, sawdust) into liquid bio-oil.

• Produces stable carbon-rich char for:
• Soil amendment
• Carbon sequestration
• Water/air filtration
• Heavy-metal adsorption

• Produces combustible pyrolysis gas

Room No.: 201
CO2 Research and Green Technologies Centre
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore.

Dr. S. Murugavelh
Co2 research and green technologies centre (co2 rgtc)
Vellore institute of technology - vellore campus,
Thiruvalam road, vellore – 632 014, tamil nadu, india.
Office Phone: +91 – 416 – 220 22504
Mobile: +91 9445209683
Faculty in charge email id: murugavelh.s@vit.ac.in

* Charges for per sample in INR (+ applicable GST)

• Flow rate range: typically, 0.001 to 10 mL/min (depends on pump configuration)
• Operating pressure: up to 600 bar (≈ 8700 psi)
• High precision quaternary/binary gradient pumping system
• Wide dynamic range UV detector for accurate quantification
• Refractive Index Detector (RID) for compounds lacking UV absorbance
• Excellent baseline stability and noise reduction
• Compatible with aqueous and organic solvent systems
• Fast data acquisition with advanced system control

Detection System

UV Detector

• Variable wavelength UV detection (typically 190–600 nm)
• Suitable for chromophore-containing compounds
• High sensitivity and reproducibility

Refractive Index Detector (RID)

• Universal detector for non-UV active compounds
• Ideal for:
• Sugars
• Alcohols
• Polymers
• Requires isocratic elution (not suitable for gradient)

Software

• Controlled by Agilent OpenLab CDS

Features:

• Automated data acquisition and processing
• Peak integration and quantification
• Method development and validation
• System suitability testing

• Separation and purification of organic compounds
• Pharmaceutical analysis
• Food and sugar analysis (RID-based)
• Environmental sample analysis

Room No.: G03
CO2 Research and Green Technologies Centre (CO2RGTC),
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore.

DR. G. VELVIZHI
CO2 Research and Green Technologies Centre (CO2RGTC),
G03, CO2RCTC,
VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - VELLORE CAMPUS,
THIRUVALAM ROAD, VELLORE – 632 014, TAMIL NADU, INDIA.
Office Phone: +91 – 416 – 220 2503/2504
Faculty in charge email id: velvizhi.g@vit.ac.in

• Measuring Range 4000-400 cm-1
• Max resolution: 0.7cm-1.
• S/N ratio 25,000:1
• Analysis: ATR Method

• Polymer Identification
• Additive Analysis
• Composite Analysis
• Polymorphism
• Pollutant Identification
• Protein Secondary Structure
• Identification of inorganic and organic compounds

* Charges for per sample in INR (+ applicable GST)

• Excitation Wavelength – 532 nm
• Spectral Range 65 cm-1 to 3400 cm-1
• Resolution 3.5 to 7.5 cm-1
• Laser power @ probe 30 to 51mW
• Back thinned charge coupled device array (CCD), Pixel count 2048

• Carbon nanomaterials
• Solar Cells
• Crystallinity
• Polymorphism
• Strain/Stress Analysis
• Identification of oxide formation
• Identification microscopic minerals trapped inside crystal