The Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry offers the following directions reflected in both scientific interest and pedagogical activities.
Production and properties determination of alternative fuels
- Production of liquid alternative fuels and biofuels
- Recovery of waste plastics by fission processes
- Development and optimization of analytical methods for the evaluation of biofuels
- Use of biomass to produce alternative fuels
Catalysis and Green chemistry
- Design of new ecological catalysts
- Characterization of industrial catalysts
- Development and synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts
- Valorization of products obtained from biomass
Air protection
- Research in the field of waste gas processing
- Air protection technology
Fossil energy sources, petroleum products and fuels
- Evaluation and analysis of crude oil, oil fractions and products
- Evaluation and processing of high-boiling oil fractions by fission processes
- Preparation and evaluation of the quality of road lubricating oils and asphalts
- Determination of emissions from motor vehicles and assessment of their impact on the environment
- Exploration of petroleum hydrocarbons, problems of transportation and storage of oil
- Research in the field of chemical and energy utilization of coal and coke
- Natural gas transportation, distribution and processing solutions