by icia icia

Objectives:
Establishing the Centre for research, verification and certifying of biofuels quality;
Improving the research capacity, upgrading equipments by the acquiring equipments, hardware and software;
Training the personnel from VERIBIOCOMB Centre;

OBJECTIVES
  • Establishing the Centre for research, verification and certifying of biofuels quality;
  • Improving the research capacity, upgrading equipments by the acquiring equipments, hardware and software;
  • Training the personnel from VERIBIOCOMB Centre;
  • Elaborating the development strategy of VERICOMB for the next 3 years;
  • Establising the access conditions for biofuels producers.
DESCRIPTION The project pursues the accomplishment of a centre intended for research, verification and testifying the biofuel quality, realized by the partnership between a research institute and a university. It is pursued its international recognition and its connection to specific European net.
RESULTS ESTIMATED Predictable short term results:

  • Biofuels quality control, verification and attestation Centre;
  • Services acquisition documentation;
  • Goods acquisition documentation;
  • Headquarters arranged according to national and international norms;
  • Equipments acquisitioned;
  • Trained personnel;
  • Developed strategy; Personnel diagram and Functioning regulation; Job files;
  • Promoting materials: web page, CD-presentation.

Predictable long term results:

  • Participation in national and international projects;
  • Development of new technologies for biofuel production;
  • Development of feasible biofuel engines;
  • Development of new variety of biofuel plants;
  • Achievement of thesis and PhD thesis.
RESULTS OBTAINED Equipments

ICIA CLUJ-NAPOCA

– Instrument for the cetane number analysis. The instrument is intended for the cetane number determination for the Diesel fuels, in accordance with the standardized method ASTM D613 (ISO 5165) and is a complete system that is composed of : The motive block; The command panel; The reading desk; Synchronic triphase engine for 220 V, 50 Hz; Double instrument, with digitally display for the ignition delay; Pickups and cables; Temperature controller, Termistor 150?F, Security combined switch for water superheating and high oil pressure, Solenoid for fuel closing, Exhaust galery, Exhaust buffer tank; Protection for the transmission band. The system operating conditions are: 900 RPM, jacket temperature 212°F, oil temperature 135 °F, the temperature for intake air 150°F. The instrument meets all the mentioned standard requirements being a very good investment for Diesel and Biodiesel fuels characterization.
– Instrument for the octane number analysis. The instrument is intended for the octane number determination for the gasoline fuels, in accordance with the standardized methods ASTM D2699 (ISO 5164), ASTM D2700 (ISO 5163) and is a composed of: The motive block; The command panel; The reading desk; Synchronic triphase engine for 220 V, 50 Hz; Measurement instruments and monophase heating unit, 120 V 60Hz; Ice refrigeration tower; 4 Units carburetor, one is water refrigerated; Pickups, Knockmeters and cables; Temperature controller; Termistor 150°F; Security combined switch for water superheating and high oil pressure; Exhaust galery, Exhaust buffer tank; Protection for the transmission band; Double instrument, with digitally display for the ignition delay; Electromechanic system for changing the compressing ratio. This instrument assures the octane number analysis with a global standardized accepted method for the analysis of gasoline and gasoline blends.
– Ultraviolet Fluorescence Sulfur Analyzer. The instrument measures the sulfur content in very low concentrations in: gasoline, diesel, light oils and other light hydrocarbons, including GPL by means of a device that can be attached, in accordance to ASTM D-5453, ASTM D-4629 and ISO EN 20846. Because of the automatized injection device, a micro-syringe that introduces the sample by direct injection, the syringe cleaning double mechanisms, the combustion system represented by an horizontal oven that offers higher combustion efficiency, the UV detector with high-sensitivity because of the special optical system as well as the standard accessories, the analyzer offers a quick analytical technique with an extremely high degree of sensitivity and precision and that has great utility for biofuels analysis. The measurement domain for the sulfur content is from just 30 ppb to much higher concentrations.

USAMV CLUJ-NAPOCA

– Spectrophotometer FT-NIR Technical characteristics: Optical system completely sealed and protected from moisture by desiccate. Sample compartment – big size with top for easy accessing the sample and the internal components Michelson interferometer with self compression for dynamic alignment.Mirrors speed: 0,1 … 2 cm/s. Vibrations compression system.Detector DTSG detector with Peltier temperature stabilization; Permeates the work with 2 detectors.; Spectral domain: 14700 – 2000 cm-1; Spectral resolution: 1 … 64 cm-1.; Wave number repeatability: smaller than 0.02 cm-1.; Wave number accuracy: 0.1 cm-1.; Signal/noise rapport:; <10 uA RMS, for measures taken in 1 minute;
Soft for assisting in the infrared spectrometry
– Centrifugal extractor for biofuel; Maximum capacity 4 x 100 ml (available depending on chosen rotor); Maximum speed: 6000 min -1 , RCF 4.186 with angular rotor; Operating time: 1 – 99 min, the operation continues and the impulse button for short period of work; Consumed power: 300 VA; Dimensions: 261 x 368 x 437 mm ; Compact metallic, durable.; Inox interior ; Pretection top; Automatick clouser Inchidere automata la imbalans Easy change of rotor; Automatick recognize of rotor. The rotor is offered for biomass or some half made products obtain from biomass (biomass used: rape, residual food oil, etc.).
– Press filter for biomass, Press filter with frame and slabs, with proportions of the slabs from 500×500 mm, operating pressure from 0,7 la 1,5 Mpa .The automatic sozzled unload and supplementary with the charging pump. Minimum productivity 50 kg /h
– Binocular microscope Ocular plane 10X; 4X objective achromatic; Faze contrast:10X / NA 0.25, 40X / NA 0.65, 100X / NA 1.25 oil-achromatic-ph objective incl. dark/light field ABBE condenser XY stand, mechanic , graded, with coaxial buttons for adjusting (fine or not fine)on both sides of the microscope; ABBE condenser ABBE / N.A. 1.25, with iris diaphragm; Filter support, Blue filter; Adjustable lighting with tungsten-halogen light bulb 6 V / 20 W; Additional phototube for the digital photo camera or video.
– Press with screw for biomass Pressing method – at cold. Technical characteristics: 2 ends with the fallowing characteristics: Productivity minimum100 kg/h; Efficiency minimum38-42 litri/100 kg grains; Dimesiones 1300x800x1440 mm; Power 5,5kW ; Garge 3x380V, 50Hz ; Mass 400kg
– Portable hammer mill and humidity meter used for grinding green biomass to obtain bio fuel Technical characteristics Electric engine power (Kw) 0.75 – 2.2 Electric engine revolution (rot/min) 2840 Gauge (LxlxH)(m) 1×0,8×1,1 Grinding capacity (kg/h) 100 oleaginous and cereals (biomass) Weight (kg) 270 Precision humidity meter precisian de 0.01 – 0.5, humidity domain 5 – 45 %, measurement temperature 0 – 45 0C and for interface for WINDOWS operating system.
– ABBE refract meter with digital display and temperature compensation, Technical characteristics. Measurements limits: from 1,3330 la 1,5318 nD ( 0 la 95 Brix ) ; Amplitude scale: min. 0,0227 nD ( 15 Brix ), max. 0,1988 nD ( 95 Brix ) ; Precision: ± 0,3% from amplitude scale ; Maximum precision: ± 0,00007 nD (± 0,05 Brix ) ; Electronic control by the microprocessor; Digital display (LED with 5 digits) of the value ; Automatic compensation of the temperature (la 20°C); Results can by transferred to the computer thru the interface ; Light source 2.4 W tungsten and blade of sodium that ensures in general a better line for the refraction index; Thermometer with termistor incorporated in the prism, measured value can be compensated at 20°C and the prism temperature controll can be done with an external temperature controller.

Other Informations Beneficiaries

1. Research-development field:

  • Universities (speciality: agriculture, chemistry, biochemistry, autovehicles, mecanics), research development units, public or private;
  • local communities.

2. Economical field :

  • factories of biofuels, and also users represented by: transport companies, agricol exploatations, enterprises with activity in ecological proctected areas.

Access: Monday – Friday, between 8.00 – 16.00 hours
The access is permitted according the conventions with the partners, and analyses customers respectively.

Contact data:
CS II Ing. MIRCEA CHINTOANU, Director ICIA
Tel. 0264-420.590
Fax. 0264-420.667
Email. icia@icia.ro

Attached documents:
 Veribiocomb results