6th km Harilaou - Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
stellab@certh.gr
Scientific και Technological Achievements


Pilot Plant Units
Process Design, Construction and Automation for various process units :
- Hydrogen production units through hydrocarbon reforming (catalytic and membrane reactors)
- Bio-oil, wax, used cooking oil hydrotreating unit
- Fluid catalytic cracking unit, Carbon Nanotubes production unit, Biomass pyrolysis unit
- Continuous catalyst deactivation units, Steamer units for large and small catalyst samples
- Construction of autonomous power generation units with hydrogen production
- Design and construction of Fuel Cell systems (PEM, SOFC,RPEMFC)

Automation Systems and Software
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA) for Chemical Processes
- Fully automated systems for process control and remote monitoring (SCADA,DCS,PLC)
- Laboratory Information Management systems (LIMS) embedded with ISO procedures
- Industrial Software Development (OPC Servers, Network and Device drivers)



Materials for Electrochemical applications
- Development of durable, low cost anode electrodes and membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for PEM electrolysis and fuel cell operation
- Development of durable, efficient perovskite anode electrodes for CO-fueled SOFCs
- Design construction and long term testing of a complete closed-loop regenerative PEM Fuel Cell/Electrolyzer system for space applications
- Development of 2nd generation Electropromoted Reactor (MEPR)

Industrial System Design
- Optimization of fuel reforming systems for hydrogen production
- Design optimization of integrated renewable energy sources systems and implementation of advanced controllers (MPC)
- Modeling and optimization of reactive separation processes for CO2 and NOx capture, and biofuels production
- Computer aided design for working fluids for organic Rankine cycles and solvents for CO2 capture
