Case studies

Food and beverages

Spectrophotometry in the fish sector

The Department of Comparative Biomedicine UNIPD – FOOD HUB demonstrates how useful spectrophotometry in the fish sector is for the control and safety of food.

Industrial

Online monitoring of ash and moisture in washed coal

Continuous measurement of ash and moisture content to optimize coal quality.

Industrial

Monitoring livestock slurry characteristics for biogas plants

In-line measurement of total solids and ash content in livestock slurry to optimize biogas production.

Animal nutrition

Quality and homogeneity control in feed production

In-line measurement of moisture and protein content to ensure feed quality and homogeneity.

Industrial

Optimizing straw pretreatment in the steam explosion process

In-line measurement of straw moisture to optimize the Steam Explosion process.

Grains and forage Animal nutrition

Real-time quality control in pelletized forage production for animal feed

In-line measurement of moisture and protein content to optimize pelletized feed production.

Industrial

Optimization of residual coal recovery through the flotation of wash slurries

Inline measurement of ash and total solids in flotation of coal slurries obtained from coal washing during the extraction process.

Industrial

Quality control for coatings: inline transmittance measurement of camera windows used in ADAS

Continuous measurement of optical window transmittance for quality control of ADAS vision systems.

Industrial

Waste water analysis: real-time measurement of dispersed fat

Continuous measurement of emulsified fats in wastewater to optimize the reuse of wash water.

Food and beverages

Food industry: real-time moisture control in mashed potato plant

Continuous measurement of mashed potato moisture to optimize the dosing of other ingredients along the production line.

Industrial

Monitoring the coating solution in cathodic electrocoating (cataphoresis) tanks

Continuous monitoring of total solids and ash content for accurate paint bath replenishment.