Excellence is built on precision and accuracy From academic know-how to commercial products Founded in 2005, BPC Instruments AB has become a successful company under the “Our focus is on investing in leadership of its co-founder and lead inventor, Dr. Jing Liu, who currently serves innovation and developing as the CEO. Leveraging nearly 20 years of intelligent instruments, industry-leading research in the develop- ment of smart analytical instruments, BPC maintaining top-notch Instruments has made a significant impact product quality across our in the market. portfolio, and prioritizing BPC’s impressive portfolio encompasses a customer service by meeting range of exceptional products, including two flagship products. The first is the Automatic their needs.” Methane Potential Test System (AMPTS®), which has become the preferred analytical Dr. Jing Liu, CEO and co-founder of instrument for conducting various anaero- BPC Instruments AB bic batch fermentation tests. The second is the Gas Endeavour ®, a novel analytical platform that enables the determination of materials’ biodegradability, analysis of bacteria respiration, and performance of biological batch fermentation assays under both anaerobic and aerobic conditions. BPC Blue is a novel respirometer based on the Gas Endeavour ® platform, specifically designed for assessing the biodegradability of plastics in both aerobic and anaerobic environments.
These automated analytical devices offer an
abundance of benefits, significantly enhancing operational efficiency while reducing both time and labor requirements. They boast a remarkably user-friendly interface and can be accessed remotely, allowing for convenient retrieval of meticulously collected data whenever necessary. Moreover, these automated analytical devices provide standardized measurements, data, and reports, supplying clear and comparable information upon which evidence-based decisions can be confidently made. AMPTS® III – a tool for anaerobic batch fermentation tests The Automatic Methane Potential Test System (AMPTS®) III is the analytical tool “AMPTS helped us minimising preferred by scientists and engineers for the differences in laboratory skills conducting various anaerobic batch fermen- tation tests. This includes performing, with between different researchers up to 18 test vials, biochemical methane by following the same procedure potential (BMP) tests, anaerobic biode- for BMP testing in which manual gradability studies, specific methanogenic activity (SMA) assays as well as conducting handling is minimised, while a residual gas potential (RGP) analyses on huge number of data points are digested slurry. All of this is performed with gathered… easy access to sampling, analysis, recording and report generation; fully integrated and By using the AMPTS apparatus automated. In its standard form AMPTS III houses 18 glass reactors, but there is also a we can achieve reproducible slimmed down version available, AMPTS III results even with students who Light, which houses 9 glass reactors. perform the test for the first time. • Highly precise and accurate data We now include the AMPTS as a • Significant reductions in time standardised test in our regular and labour curriculum practical work.” • S tandardisation of measurement procedures, data interpretation Prof. Jules van Lier, Delft University of and reports Technology, the Netherlands • User-friendly operations with remote access Gas Endeavour® MAX Designed for the most demanding users, Gas Endeavour® MAX provides you with all the essential equipment and accessories necessary for both batch and continuous fermentation processes.
Gas Endeavour ® III is an advanced
Gas Endeavour® III
laboratory instrument platform designed for precise evaluation of gas production or consumption in both batch and continuous – for batch processes. With its fully automatic operation, user-friendly interface, and high and continuous reliability, Gas Endeavour ® III offers exceptional ease of use. The instrument
microbioassays features 18 or 9 parallel channels, allowing
for simultaneous evaluation of a large number of samples. Key features include:
• A pre-calibrated for outstanding
precision and accuracy, eliminating the “...it saves time by enabling quick need for frequent calibrations. and automatic batch experiments • User friendly interface and automated with very little manual labour, and operation minimize the time and labour requirements, enhancing efficiency. that it is “student proof”, because • Standardized measurements, data the instrument does not require processing, and reports ensure long experience or training before consistency and facilitate data you start using it.” analysis. • Easy-to-use software with large Mr. Aurelien Perrault, Project Manager, Sludge & Energy Innovation, Thames Water, UK storage capacity simplifies data management and retrieval. BPC® Blue – The Ultimate Choice for Material Biodegradability Assessment BPC® Blue is a state-of-art laboratory instrument specifically designed to “In comparison to conventional determine the aerobic and anaerobic techniques or other available biodegradability of various biodegradable alternatives, BPC Blue greatly plastics and polymer materials in a wide range of simulated environmental reduces the need for manual labour conditions. The instrument is fully and minimises labour the likelihood compliant with the most important ISO, of human errors. Once experiment European and American standards for preparation and setup are completed, biodegradability evaluation in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. BPC Blue seamlessly takes charge of the entire running process, ensuring Featuring an automatic operation and an an automated test until completion. intuitive user-friendly design, the BPC® Blue This allows for real-time review and enables almost anyone to carry out the test and obtain highly accurate results. calculation of experimental data, which can be conveniently accessed anytime through the software Aurora™ user interface and a downloaded report.”
Dr. Sten Strömberg, Product Manager
BPC Instruments, Sweden
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BPC® Go – low gas volume & flow measurements made easier BPC® Go is the next-generation gas volume “...the automation of the test and flow meter that simplifies and secures low gas flow measurements with its built-in minimises human errors, makes computer. It automatically measures both data collection more frequent than wet and dry gases at a laboratory scale with manual methods, and reduces high precision and accuracy, without the operator time allowing more time need for recalibration. Built to the highest standards of Scandinavian quality, it is easy for performing alternate tasks.” to set up and use for online, real-time moni- toring from any location. Associate Prof. Bernadette McCabe, University of Southern Queensland, Australia • Two measurement resolutions (2 and 9 ml) • Calibration-free • L arge storage capacity (up to 135 kilolitres of gas) • Wide measurement range (up to 6 l/h) • R un both batch and continuous experiments with remote access BPC® Move – leading edge mechanical mixing for laboratory applications BPC® Move is a compact standalone mechanical agitator ideal for easy, reliable “BPC Move offers a robust, user- mixing, dispersion, and dissolution of friendly, and cost-effective mixing particle-free solutions and slurries. It combines the strength and reliability of solution that can accommodate mechanical agitation with the ease-of-use standard GL45 laboratory flasks of of magnetic stirring. Discover a new type of varying sizes. It allows for effortless stirring that will improve users’ laboratory switching between stirring rods, experience significantly. providing exceptional flexibility in • A wide range of stirring intensity: 1-600 dispersing various volumes and RPM types of media.” • Various mixing features and agitation movements for both simple and advanced Dr. Sten Strömberg, Product Manager stirring tasks BPC Instruments, Sweden • Intuitive and precise control over agitation with OLED display and single multifunctional knob • S uitable for both short- and long-term agitation in closed-chamber and open- vessel systems Bioreactors – simulate continuous operation of anaerobic processes The bioreactors have a modular design, built with high-qualitymaterials and robustness “We bought six CSTR-5S reactors, in mind. Intended for anaerobic fermentation six gas flow meters and one tests, both for continuous and batch mode operations, the flexible design and user- data logger for our pilot-scale friendly functionality makes them the ideal experiments on anaerobic digestion experiment platform for simulating full-scale of biowaste... All instruments biogas production processes in laboratory- are very easy to handle. We can and pilot-scale. easily set up an automatic feeding • Resistant to leakage and corrosion and discharging system which • Flexible and modular design minimises the labour-demand for • Easy to operate and maintain the experiment follow-up… The • Available in CSTR, UASB, EGSB and IC design of gas, liquid and solid configurations and three different sizes in/outlets are suitable for our experimental needs. No blockage issue has ever been experienced. We are fully satisfied by BPC Instruments pilot scale solution, it earns us some envious looks from colleagues :-)”
Laëtitia Cardona and Olivier Chapleur,
Researchers, Microbial Ecology of Anaerobic Digestion, IRSTEA, France BioReactor Simulator – continuous fermentation made easy The BioReactor Simulator (BRS) is a “There are many instruments and universal platform for simulating anaerobic fermentation processes in a continuous methods on the market, but none mode of operation. The system is controlled are standardised the way the by a web-based software running on a BioReactor Simulator and the other remote cloud solution. The high quality products from BPC Instruments of the data obtained from the BioReactor Simulator allows users to gain deeper are. They provide market unique knowledge for determining the suitability of standardised systems and a potential feedstock for biogas production, methods, which makes it easy to defining the suitable organic loading rate compare results.” or retention time for a given feedstock, designing suitable feeding schedules and assessing handling or disposal conditions for digested residues. Mr. Bjarne Uller, Senior Technology Special- ist, Dong Energy, Denmark • A simple and intuitive experiment setup and follow-up • S tandardisation of data registration and presentation • Secure and reliable data logging and storage • Compatible with bioreactors in different configuration and sizes Training course
Besides providing analytical tools, BPC
Instruments also transfers know-how and “...thank you all for the training add value through our specialists’ expertise in the biogas field and application of ICA course I attended this week. (Instrumentation Control and Automation) It was an extremely informative, on various fermentation processes. well organised, and interesting. I have returned to UK with lots of As an important part of knowledge transfer, we offer all customers a training course new ideas about how I can improve in which the basic operation and data the efficiency in using of our processing are described. The customer AMPTS analysers. It was also great gets to better understand different to meet all of you in person, and the applications of the instruments, learn how the instrument and analysis works and how other users of your products. I loved to get the most out of the equipment. visiting Lund. What a beautiful part of the world, I think I will definitely be planning my next holiday in Sweden!”
Mr. John Hunt, Rothamsted Research, UK
Our team “We had the privilege of attending the AMPTS Training Course. This training course was designed to aid usages of the biogas testing equipment and also gave attendees At BPC Instruments, our team of experts a chance to pick the brains of is dedicated to providing friendly and the experts on techniques and approachable support for our technical products. Their extensive professional experiences using the technology. background and direct involvement with This was a great course for our products ensure that they can always CREST to be a part of and was an respond to customer requests with excellent opportunity for widening expertise and enthusiasm. We go above our knowledge and clearing up and beyond a typical business exchange to ensure our customers receive the best any queries. At CREST we feel it is possible service. important that our knowledge is up to date and current, so that we With an international presence, BPC can provide the best support to the Instruments is committed to delivering businesses that utilise us every day. quality products and services to our valued customers. Our team provides technical Not only did it expand knowledge, support for product enquiries, maintenance, but also gave us the opportunity to and applications, and we welcome you to meet experts in the field and other visit our website and reach out to us for interested people from Finland, assistance. Sweden and other parts of the UK.” Product enquiries: sales@bpcinstruments.com
Shane McBrien and Gary Logue, CREST, General and technical enquiries: South West College, UK support@bpcinstruments.com Products_20230620 Excellence is built on precision and accuracy BPC Instruments is a global Swedish-based technology company developing and offering analytical instruments enabling more efficient, reliable, and high quality of research and analysis for industries in renewable bioenergy and environmental biotechnology. The result is not only higher accuracy and precision, but also significant reduction in time consumption and labour requirement for performing analyses. BPC Instruments’ innovative products offer high-quality hardware and software based on deep knowledge and experience of target applications. The solutions are the first of their kind, making the company a pioneer in its field. Today, BPC Instruments exports to nearly 70 countries around the world.
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