Services
We welcome cooperation in scientific research, research and development, and implementations in field of physics and biology of environment, physics of plant materials and renevable energy. Modern Laboratories of the Institute are equipped with the most advanced scientific and research equipment as the result of obtaining two projects of the Operational Programme - Development of Eastern Poland 2007-2013 of Structural Funds of EU: "Infrastructure development and laboratories reffitting of the Centre of Excellence AGROPHYSICS" and "Regional Laboratory of Renevable Energy".
RESEARCH OFFER
PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- Physical, chemical, biological and physico-chemical properties of soils and their relation with mass and energy transport in the soil-plant-atmosphere system
- Data bases and systems of control of the hydrophysical and thermophysical properties of soil
- Time and space variability within the soil environment
- Phenomena and processes determining the physical quality of soil
- Soil aeration status
- Emission of greenhouse gases from soils to the atmosphere
- Environmental quality
PHYSICS OF PLANT MATERIALS
- Physical properties of plants and agricultural crops
- Physical processes in harvesting, transport, storage and processing of raw plant materials
- Microstructure of plant materials
- Identification of damage to agricultural crops and quality estimation of agricultural materials and products
- Technologies enhancing the quality of food materials, products and fibers
RENEWABLE ENERGY
- Algal biomass for renewable energy
- Methane fermentation of plant biomass
- Quality of biogas
- Agricultural use and management of sludge
MONITORING AND MODELLING
- Development of methodology and measuring devices for monitoring of physical and physico-chemical processes in the environment related to plant growth
- Predictive models for optimisation of food safety based on new technologies and the influence of the environment
- Computer simulation of physical and physico-chemical processes due to environmental effects and processing of agricultural products
LABORATORY TESTS and CONSULTING SERVIS
- Measurement of moisture, temperature and salinity of porous materials, especially soil, by time-domain reflectometry (TDR)
- Systems for monitoring the physical and chemical parameters of soil with Internet access to measured data
- Static and dynamic hydraulic characteristics of porous materials
- Determination of biological activity of soils:
- microbial populations
- enzyme activity - Measurement of root length, thickness and topology by image analysis
- Estimation of absorption capacity of plant root systems
- Measurement of the production, emission and absorption of greenhouse gases by gas chromatography
- Determination of soil pore characteristics by mercury porosimetry
- Determination of specific surface area of solids using water vapour or nitrogen absorption
- Measurement of particle size distribution by laser diffraction
- Measurement of dzeta potential with optical and electrochemical methods
- Measurement of surface temperature distribution by IR imaging camera
- Measurement of reflectance of solids and liquids with a UV-Vis spectro-photometer
- Microscopic observations of material structure including specimen preparation in:
- plant tissues- food products- medical objects - Image analysis from:microscope images
- X-ray images
- thermal images
- Determination of mechanical properties of soil and its aggregates:
- susceptibility to compaction- penetrometric resistance- compressive strength - Recording and analysis of acoustic emissions and mechanical tests of:
- fruits and vegetables- seeds and kernels- food products- dental materials- surgical materials - Determination of early stages of material cracking
- Testing of material strength using:
- compressive tests- tensile test- bending tests- fatigue tests - Dynamic testing
- Determination of mechanical properties of powders, dusts and other granular materials:
- bulk density, shaken bulk density, consolidated density- coefficient of friction against structural material
- internal friction coefficient
- cohesion
- flowability
- compressibility
- pressure ratio
- modulus of elasticity
- coefficient of restitution - Measurement of multi-ring aromatic carbohydrates (MAC) and mycotoxins in rapeseed by near-IR spectrometry
- Determination of limit conditions in storage of plant materials
- Estimation of cereal grain quality:
- X-ray image analysis of cereal grains and seeds for detection of damage and pests- physical properties of wheat grain by SKCS method
- α-amylase activity (falling number)
- gluten quality and level (Glutomatic