Presentation

EPSP

The EPSP research group (institutional website) is an interdisciplinary group composed of professors and researchers from the Chemical Engineering Department and the Applied Statistics Department and Business Management, Faculty of Economics IQS. It focuses on three main areas: Process Engineering (Fine Chemicals, environmental and process simulation), Safety (securitythermal processes, emerging risks, industrial accidents) and Technology Foresight.

Group Members:
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Julia Sempere
Responsible management: Ing Monica Grillo

Responsible Area:
Process Engineering: Dr. Eduard Serra
Industrial Security: Prof. Dr. Rosa Nomen
Prospective Technological Studies: Prof. Dr. Maria Luisa Espasa
Service Delivery Guarantee: Prof. Luis Fontanals

Other group members:

Ing. Maria Mallafré
Ing. Joaquin Menacho

Ing. Andrea Silva

Laboratories:
Chemicals of High Technology, PQAT (Dr. Julia Sempere)
Prospective Technological Studies (Dr. M ª Luisa Espasa)

PQAT

The PQAT laboratory is a unit of the Chemical Engineering Department of the Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull (URL). Recently it has founded  the Interdisciplinary Research Group "Safety" (GRI-"S") in collaboration with groups from the Analytical Chemistry Department and from the Faculty of Economy, both of the IQS, URL.

The main focus of the PQAT group are Chemical Reaction Engineering and Safety of Chemical Processes. Special attention is paid to Fine Chemicals and Fine Chemistry. The PQAT group is coordinating the thematic network HarsNet of the Industrial and Materials Technologies Programme of the European Commission.

Facilities:

• 250 m² of laboratories and pilot plants.

• Reaction Calorimetry.

• Thermal Analysis (DSC and TGA).

• Adiabatic Calorimetry.

• Laser Doppler Anemometry

• .Bench and medium scale synthesis facilities.

• 50 L pilot plant (glass).

• High pressure reactors (up to 4 L, 350ºC and 350 bar; stainless steel).

• ... and other.