PDW Analytics GmbH – Short Profile

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Website: http://www.pdw-analytics.de

(Head)quarters: Berlin

Year of foundation: 2013

Number of employees: 6

Main contact person in the Bio-PAT network: Dr. Roland Hass

Position in the company: Managing Director, Managing Partner

Products / Product Groups / Services / Competencies:

– Development and distribution of process and material analytical technologies:

  • For in-line/in-situ characterization of emulsions and suspensions
  • For in-line/in-situ monitoring in microbial bioprocesses
  • Measurement of the size of dispersed particles or droplets
  • In the nano- to micrometer range
  • With a particle or droplet content between 1 and over 50%

– Functional principle of PDW measurement technology:

  • Photon Density Wave Spectroscopy
  • Intensity modulation of laser light in the visible and infrared range
  • Frequency range for the generation of photon density waves: 10 MHz – 1 GHz

– Specifications of PDW measurement technology

  • Electronics-free for intrinsic safety, probe based on optical fibers for potential installation in critical environments (e.g., ATEX)
  • Laser power < 15 mW
  • Typical probe materials: stainless steel, glass, PTFE; custom developments also possible
  • Probe diameter between 15 – 25 mm, depending on the application
  • Temporal resolution: approx. 2 per minute
  • Size of particles to be analyzed: approx. 50 nm – 500 µm (diameter)

The following video, recorded as part of the “Webinar of the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) – Overview of the newest Characterisation Techniques available nowadays,” presents Photon Density Wave Spectroscopy starting at minute 25.

– Applications in the following areas:

 

Looking for partners / cooperations for:

– Customers

– R&D projects related to process-specific applications