• Development of new and advanced technologies to obtain biofuels (2nd and 3rd generation)
• Environmental quality evaluation (soil, water, sediment, food)
• Liquid fuels and biofuels certification according to European standards
• Environmental analytics and clean technologies education and training

Members of cluster

The Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation Cluj-Napoca is a national research institute dedicated to applied analytical chemistry in three main directions:

• analytical instrumentation
• analytical chemistry of the environment
• bioenergy –biomass - biofuels

References and Experience

Significant results:

• technology and small capacity installation for obtaining biofuels from raw and used vegetable oils
• pilot plant for obtaining bioethanol from sugar beet
• modern technologies to convert bioethanol into biofuel
• strategic national proposal for biofuels and the BIOMASA Action Plan
• technology for enzymatic hydrolysis of starch
• technology to obtain biodiesel by treating fatty acids, esters and their glycerides with hydrogen rich gas
• technology and installation to obtain second generation biofuels by chemical hydrolysis of lignocellulosic waste
• technology and installation to obtain second generation biofuels by enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic wastes
• technology and plug-flow installation for obtaining biogas from biogenic wastes
• technology and up-flow installation for obtaining biogas from biogenic wastes
• biogas standard proposal
• technology and pilot installation to obtain biofuels from oils that result as by products from the process of vegetable protein production
• national campaign carried out for promoting the advantages of using biofuels
• development of Technological Platform for Biofuels in Romania, BIOCARO
• affiliation to The European Renewable Energy Research Centers Agency EUREC
• admission in the European Biofuels Technology Platform