Technical University of Timisoara (UPT) – Romania

UPT was created in 1920, and the Department for Thermal Machines and Transportation was one of the first in research on generation and optimal use of energy. By tradition, it is the best recognised Romanian university abroad. The Department consists of 28 permanent staff members, 19 of which have a PhD, plus five qualified technicians and several PhD students. It provides training & research activities in Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering & Energy conversion, covering also subjects such as Heat Transfer and Gas Dynamics, Thermal Power Plants, Fossil Fuel or Renewable Energy production and conservation, Pollution Control and Dispersion of Gaseous Pollutants. The department is recognised on national level as excellency centre, also in the general and important field of Environmental Pollution Protection and Control (Certificate added). A brand new laboratory for environmental control and pollution prevention has now been established. It comprises also specialised licensed codes for modelling and dispersion of pollutants, but also modern equipment for testing fuels, energy conversion & combustion facilities. The Department possesses gas analysers for solid and gaseous pollutants and performed the first emissions & air quality measurements in Romania for both stationary and mobile sources. It also has specialised equipment for determining the properties of fuels. Of particular worth are the skills developed by its members in atmospheric dispersion modelling of gaseous pollutants, combined with different models for pollution control. The interest of the staff in pollution measurement, control and management of energy conversion has  been developed in the last 10 years, in over 80 research programs, modestly financed by local industry and Romanian government and Academy.

Role in the project

Technical university of Timisoara will comply and investigate  the  European and regional environmental legislations in order to make the EQS and optimisation guidelines compatible with the legislation as much as possible. This institute will evaluate the field test result in order to avoid any contradiction with European environmental legislations. They will also take part in dissemination of the result in East of Europe and training of IAGs.