Information
- Type
- Organization
- Type
- https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/levelnames#Section
- Type
- https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#Scientific
- Name
- Onderzoeksgroep Organische Milieuchemie en -Technologie
- Name
- Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology research group@en
- Acronym
- UGent-EnVOC
- Parent institute
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Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Groene Chemie en Technologie
- Address
- Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Contact numbers
-
- Telephone
- +32-(0)9-264 59 50
- Location
-
- latitude
- 51.0529704
- longitude
- 3.7093001
- Description @en
- The research group Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology (EnVOC) focuses on trace organic compounds in ecoystems, i.e. (bioactive) organic compounds that occur at (sub-)trace levels in our environment. The research activities involve three sub-disciplines:
- environmental trace analysis;
- environmental chemistry (fate, behaviour, partitioning, reactivity);
- environmental treatment technology.
Merging all this, integrated research approaches are used in the lab activities covering multi-disciplinary research topics. Specific research projects deal with the so-called contaminants of emerging concern (e.g. pharmaceutical residues) in the aquatic environment, and on airborne volatile and semi-volatile organics in both gas phase and on particulate matter. For its research, the EnVOC group is equipped with highly advanced - mass spectrometry based - chemical-analytical equipment, as well as with experimental set-ups to provide solutions for challenges with respect to treatment of air and water. EnVOC is member of the Marine@UGent consortium. - Description @nl
- De onderzoeksgroep Organische Milieuchemie en -Technologie (EnVOC) richt zich op organische spoorverbindingen in ecosystemen, m.a.w., (bioactieve) organische verbindingen die op (sub-)sporenniveau in ons milieu voorkomen. De onderzoeksactiviteiten omvatten drie subdisciplines:
- milieusporenanalyse;
- milieuchemie (lot, gedrag, partitionering, reactiviteit);
- milieubehandelingstechnologie.
Om dit alles te combineren worden de labo-activiteiten gekenmerkt door geïntegreerde onderzoeksbenaderingen die multidisciplinaire onderzoeksthema's bestrijken. Specifieke onderzoeksprojecten hebben betrekking op de zogenaamde nieuwe zorgwekkende verontreinigende stoffen (bv. farmaceutische residuen) in het aquatisch milieu, en op vluchtige en semi-vluchtige organische stoffen in de lucht, zowel in de gasfase als in zwevende deeltjes. EnVOC is uitgerust met zeer geavanceerde - op massaspectrometrie gebaseerde - chemisch-analytische apparatuur, alsmede met experimentele opstellingen om oplossingen te bieden voor uitdagingen met betrekking tot de behandeling van lucht en water. EnVOC is lid van het consortium Marine@UGent.
Expertise
- Air-water exchanges
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 241
- Biochemistry
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 911
- Hydrocarbons
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 4092
- Metals
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 5152
- Nutrients (mineral)
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 5629
- Organic compounds
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 5829
- Organic pollutants
- Pollutants
- defined term set: MOG Topics
- term code: 181517
- Volatile compounds
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 9030
- geographic terms
- ANE, North Sea
- Belgium, Zeeschelde