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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, RESEARCH FACILITIES

• electronic conditioning systems for sensors;
• microharvesting, electromechanical or piezoelectric microgenerator systems;
• linear, angular, electromagnetic position microsensors with applications in landslide and position
monitoring;
• gas microsensors, semiconductors and electrochemicals;
• microsensors for the study of motility and specific to medical recovery procedures;
• thermoelectric microgenerators;
• measurements of electrostatic discharges for ESD clothes with conductive core;
• electrical and micromechanical simulations;
• applications of magnetic nanofluids in the field of energy security and performance;
• “Harvesting Energy” type devices;
• devices with applications in the field of power electronics, (Quench Protection).

20. Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity (within the Department of
Non‑Conventional Electrical Engineering)

Expertise Areas in 2018 and 2019
Areas of expertise of the laboratory:
• measurement of thermal, electrical and magnetic properties at low temperatures (2‑400K) for
electrotechnical materials, including superconductors;
• measurement of critical parameters (critical temperature and critical current) for LTS and HTS
superconducting materials;
• design, realization and testing of LTS and HTS superconducting windings, both in planar (2D) and
3D technology, for particle accelerators and superconducting electric machines (electric motors and
generators);
• design, manufacture and testing of superconducting coils and electromagnets for obtaining intense
magnetic fields (> 2T) for industry and for particle accelerators;
• obtaining, controlling and measuring low temperatures (4.2 ‑ 300 K) by using cryogenic fluids, as
well as closed cycle cryopreservers (Gifford‑McMahon or Pulse‑tube type);
• design, manufacture and testing of cryogenic cooling systems for superconducting electrical
machines and superconducting electromagnets, both with cryogenic fluids and with closed‑cycle
cryocoolers (Gifford‑McMahon or Pulse‑tube).

21. Laboratory of Biochemistry and Bioresources (within the Department of En‑
vironment / Energy and Climate Change)

Expertise Areas in 2018 and 2019

• research and development activities in the field of energy recovery of biodegradable waste, wastewater,
agricultural residues and industrial organic waste for biogas and biofuels production;
• chemical and microbiological analyzes of organic sludge, wastewater and fermentation gases to
monitor anaerobic fermentation processes in laboratory or industrial bioreactors;
• research to stimulate microbial activity in biochemical processes, evaluation of the influence of
environmental factors and operational parameters on the quality of biogas generated, experiments on
increasing energy efficiency in biogas systems;
• research to improve the decomposition of ligno‑cellulose materials by physico‑chemical and biological
processes;
• extraction of fats from plants and oilseeds, determination of fat content in organic samples and / or
soils contaminated with oils;
• qualitative instrumental analysis on the composition of plant extracts;
• evaluation of the stabilizing effect of plant and algal extracts on polymeric materials;
• laboratory analyzes to assess the quality of environmental factors: determining the quality of air, water,
soil in terms of organic and inorganic pollutants;
• tests for the evaluation of material resistance (textiles, leather, plastics, polymers) to the action of
mold;
• research on the isolation and identification of microorganism species involved in the biodeterioration

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