Laboratories
The laboratories are located in an 807.10 m² building dedicated entirely to the teaching and research activities of the Postgraduate Program in Energy. The location of the Program Building on the São Mateus-ES Campus of UFES can be accessed via Google Maps using the link https://bit.ly/3ea1seE.
Opened in 2013, the laboratories occupy an area of 409 m² of the total 807.10 m² of the program building. These are divided into 6 laboratories: 1) High-performance computing; 2) Sample preparation and chemical analysis; 3) Material characterization; 4) Renewable energies; 5) Experimental Units - Energy Efficiency; and 6) Experimental Units - Oil and Gas.
High Performance Computing Laboratory
The High Performance Computing Laboratory (LCAD) aims to meet the demands of high-performance computing infrastructure for research projects in energy that involve highly complex and intensive numerical simulation. For example, simulations that aim to solve flows using tools called CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). The LCAD infrastructure consists of the following equipment:
-2 DELL Vostro Computers
-2 DELL XPS Workstations
-1 Rocks Cluster with 256 cores
Coordinator: Prof. Daniel da cunha Ribeiro
http://lcad.saomateus.ufes.br/
Sample Preparation and Chemical Analysis Laboratory
The Sample Preparation and Chemical Analysis Laboratory (LaPAQui) of PPGEN/CEUNES/UFES seeks to promote the training of qualified professionals, fostering regional development and creating opportunities in the interior of the State of Espírito Santo. LaPAQui is accredited by SIPED (ANP's Research and Development Investment System - http://app.anp.gov.br/anp-cpl-web/public/siped/up-credenciadas/consulta, available on 01/30/2018; accreditation number 0317/2014). The laboratory has members and/or coordinators of research groups accredited in the CNPQ (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) research group directory: Industrial Technology Research Group (UFES); Industrial, Toxicological, and Environmental Analysis Group (partnership with the Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM); Renewable Energy, Oil, and Gas Research Group (NERPGAS), of the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES). Currently, the coordinating professors of LaPAQui are CNPq Productivity DT (Technological Development and Innovative Extension) Scholarship Holders.
LaPAQui is involved in research in the areas of petroleum, biodegradation, re-refining, and the environment. It is currently recruiting professionals for optimization and modeling based on machine learning and digital image analysis. The projects are focused on the development of innovative methodologies for: (i) reuse of lubricating oils, (ii) breaking of oil/water emulsion in formation water (ultrasound), and (iii) mitigation of effluent treatment processes (ultrasound). Other projects involve: (i) chemical characterization of petroleum, (ii) study of macromolecules present in petroleum, and (iii) study of oil compatibility. In the environmental area, LaPAQui uses interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity to address a problem that affects millions of people and has a major impact on society: the scarcity of quality water. To this end, it relies on the exchange of technical information with international researchers.
The laboratory has partnerships with other laboratories at UFES, UFSM, CETEM, and UFRJ. LaPAQui has the following equipment: two chromatographs, one gas chromatograph and one ion chromatograph, a particle analyzer (mastersizer 2000), a digital densimeter, titrand (potentiometry), and titrino (Kalr Fischer titrator). Ultrasound equipment is used as probes and baths in the development and optimization of sample preparation methodologies, process intensification, and remediation. In addition to having general-purpose equipment such as scales, water baths, refrigerators, and centrifuges.
Coordinator: Prof. Maria de Fátima Pereira dos Santos
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Vice-coordinator: Prof. Maristela de Araújo Vicente.
Laboratory of Physical Characterization of Materials
This is a laboratory focused on heat treatments and physical characterization of materials, with special emphasis on optical and electrical properties. It contains two muffle furnaces, one with a capacity of reaching 1400ºC and the other capable of reaching 1200ºC, a UV-Vis spectrometer, and a Lock In. A Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer and an X-ray diffractometer are in operation. In addition, it has general-purpose equipment such as scales, muffle furnaces, refrigerators, and ball mills. A zeta potential was acquired as part of a research project. The laboratory is open to all CEUNES researchers, with preference given to PGEN researchers. Studies are currently being conducted in the areas of materials, chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, and renewable energy.
Coordinator: Prof. Paulo Sérgio da Silva Porto
Oil and Gas Experimental Units Laboratory I and II
The purpose of this laboratory is to house experimental benches designed by students in the program to study phenomena of interest in the energy field in the context of the oil, gas, and renewable energy research line. Typical experiments will allow the study of, for example, identification of flow patterns, measurement of pressure losses in equipment and accessories, development of differentiated geometries that aim at greater efficiency in the processes of separation of emulsions typical of the oil industry, conventional and advanced oil recovery in porous media, visualization of instabilities at the oil/displacing fluid interface (Helle-Shaw cell), displacement of fluids in straight and constricted capillaries, efficiency of cuttings removal, formation of plaster on the well wall, growth of paraffin deposits inside pipes, detection of leaks in pipes, and flow in annular spaces. This laboratory also conducts research related to the intensification of processes typical of the oil, gas, and renewable energy industries. In 2018, this laboratory received equipment called a pilot plant for water/oil separation.
Coordinator: Prof. Ana Paula Meneguelo
Laboratory of Experimental Units for Energy Efficiency I and II
This laboratory consists of process equipment. The objective is to study and evaluate the energy efficiency of chemical processes using a multidisciplinary approach. The laboratory has experimental units for conical and fluidized spouted beds. Pressure and temperature sensors in this experimental apparatus are connected to the data acquisition system. The system consists of a data acquisition board and a computer. This unit allows the study of the fluid dynamics of waste, aiming at the application of these beds as pyrolytic reactors. The research projects under development in the laboratories allow the valorization of industrial by-products, through thermochemical transformation into products with greater energy value. It has a pyrolysis furnace, a wind tunnel dryer, scales, a knife mill, and a set of sieves.
Coordinators:
Prof. Marcelo Silveira Bacelos - Experimental Units of Energy Efficiency I
Prof. Taisa Shimosakai de Lira - Experimental Units of Energy Efficiency II
Renewable Energy Laboratory I and II
These laboratories support research related to the production of energy from renewable sources and the efficient use of such energy. The Renewable Energy Laboratory I, in partnership with the Center for Studies and Research in Energy (NEPE, https://nepeifessm.wixsite.com/nepe ) of IFES/São Mateus, focuses on the production and efficient use of electrical energy from solar and wind sources, based on the Smart Grid concept. The Renewable Energy Laboratory II aims to develop research on energy production from biomass. The projects developed are mainly focused on enzymatic technologies for the production of biofuels, such as biodiesel and second-generation alcohol.
Coordinators:
Prof. Wanderley Cardoso Celeste - Renewable Energies I
Prof. Laura Marina Pinotti - Renewable Energies II
